Emperor was devine

This short story by the name of  "When the Emperor was Divine" written by Julia Otsuka is a novel.  the book has different stories from through the eyes of each family member.  the titles are mother, girl, and boy.  The mother tries to protect the  children by keeping  them from the realities they were going through by not  by her not explaining exactly what was going on. Their father was taken away in the beginning  and this plays a major role in this novel  because the mother feels that she is better off woth him there for support and she cant really raise them  without him being around. He is a major role that has been taken away from her and without him she doesnt really play the mother role as she should have. She becomes depressed and doesn't show much attention to her daughter who begins to rebel at the age of twelve, and her son begins to takes care of her as well as be a friend to her. symbol of a women not having the support she needs from her husband and shows the worth of a dad, man, and husband being there for his family but it wasnt his fault.