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Transformation and Identity

How Short Fiction develops Transformation and Identity.

Characters undergo profound changes, such as the girl in 'Tattooing' who discovers her inner nature through art, and Kakutaro in 'The White Fox' who is enchanted and transformed by a supernatural fox, blurring human and animal identities.

Where it surfaces

  • The White Fox

    Characters may be transformed or enchanted, blurring human and spirit identities.

  • Scene

    Miss Rosa's ambiguous nature—human or fox?—and the rubies set into her skin blur the line between reality and illusion.