It is primarily centered around the kick-off ceremony of the "bar girl training program" that spans just a few hours, from the commencement to its conclusion.
Throughout the narrative, the story intermittently employs the technique of flash back to portray a group of people planning how to train local Taiwanese sex workers to be bar girls capable of serving American soldiers within only a span of just five days, all with the aim of earning American money.
[3] The title Rose, Rose, I Love You is actually a pun, carrying double satirical meanings: firstly, it subtly alludes to the sexually transmitted disease syphilis, implying that the bar girls may unknowingly contract this disease through their prostitution activities.
Secondly, the term "rose" (meigui) phonetically resembles "America" (meiguo) in Chinese Mandarin.
[4] This work by Wang Chen-ho is a novel that lacks positive characters in its portrayal of humble individuals.