Write a paper that grapples with the theme of gender roles. Be sure to include the answers to the following questions in your analysis. What are gender roles and how do they play a role in the novel? In what way do the majority of the characters in Convenience Store Woman support or promote gender norms? And in Japanese culture at large? In what ways to gender roles inform Keiko and Shiraha and contribute to their personalities? Do they ascribe to (or conform to) gender roles? Or do they resist them? Or something in between? Explain your analysis. In what ways does Keiko respond to the expectations of her as a woman when it comes to (1) work (2) relationships/marriage (3) the concept of motherhood? You must include at least 6 quotes from the novel as well as one quote from the outside source provided
