Globalization

Globalization is “a term used to describe the increasing connectedness and interdependence of world cultures and economies.” ¹ 1 National Geographic Society. “Globalization.” National Geographic, 2023, https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/globalization/. Accessed 5 Oct. 2023.  Xue Yiwei dedicates the novel to “this great globalized age” (n.p.) and references the globalized world implicitly and explicitly throughout the novel. While the protagonist meets Celia and Misoka by chance, it turns out that all three characters have connections to China; while these characters all live in Canada, they have histories and experiences that connect them to other parts of the world. The protagonist also comes to feel that globalization shapes how individuals relate to one another. As Yiwei writes, “in this globalized, information age everyone was changing and no one could understand anyone else” (254).