The Author's 'Tended To Focus'

Paragraph 6 contributes to the rest of the article because this paragraph talks about how the relocation camps for the Japanese Americans was. In this paragraph it talks about how families were arranged into these camps. For example in paragraph 6 it says, As four or five families with their sparse collections of clothing and possessions squeezed into share barracks made of tar paper." This is helpful to the text because it gives the readers a great visual of what happened to the Japanese Americans when they were sent to relocation camps. In addition to that it also says in the text how misbehaved children, teenagers, and adults were sent. To support this statement is that a line in paragraph 6 is, "Persons who became troublesome were sent

The author utilizes overwhelming amount of excerpts from private letters that were both sent by and sent to Noguchi, exploring the use of language extensively. Drawing most of quotes from private letters of Noguchi and exploring the usage of terms and affection behind the usage, the book reads like a fine storybook; however, such heavy quotes on letters and explanation of language have made reader, I, to be confused whether this is a book about a life of a person or a book about general depiction of Japanese immigrants of the time. Even though it was pleasant to read beautiful language, mostly due to sharp contrast to languages of other literatures that we read, it made both easy and challenging to see the

In her novel When the Emperor Was Divine, author Julie Otsuka presents the long-lasting effects that isolation and alienation have on a person’s self- image and identity. During WWII, Japanese-Americans living in the United States were forced to move to isolated and horrific internment camps. The US government ensured they were separated from the rest of the country. This even included their own families. When the Japanese-Americans were allowed to return home after the war, the result of the isolation they experienced created irreversible damage. They continued to experience alienation, often making it impossible for them to recover emotionally, mentally and financially. Otsuka uses characterization to bring to life the traumas of the war and the effects it had on her characters, the girl, her mother and her father.

Do you know what a Japan family goes through once they move in America back then? In the novel,” Under the Blood Red Sun”, Graham Salisbury writes about a Japanese family moving into Hawaii and what activities and hobbies they do. The Japanese army attacks Pearl Harbor and because of this event their racer pigeons and Tomi’s Papa and Grandpa are taken away. The author teaches the reader about how everything isn’t fair, bravery, and to treat others the way you want to be treated.

Hisaye Yamamoto, a Japanese American author, composed a collection of short stories titled, Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories. These collection of short stories describes the experiences Japanese Americans undergo while residing in America. The Japanese American culture that Yamamoto introduces has three types of generations. The first one being, the Issei, the second one being, the Nisei and the third one being, the Sensei. All three Japanese generations are described in Yamamoto’s short story cycle, which shows the relationship between Japanese Americans as well as with other ethnic groups. The major themes Yamamoto highlights within her novel defines the idea of what it is like to be Japanese American through the difficulties that Japanese immigrants face in America, the cultural separation between these immigrants and their children as well as restrictions that Japanese women face within their traditional Japanese culture.

Introduction: You might think that Japanese Internment Camps were not so dreadful because if it was more Americans would be talking about it, but the truth of the matter is Japanese Internment Camps were not what they seem and defective because the police took Japanese American relatives away from each other, they kept to many Japanese Americans in the camps in the era and the Japanese Internment Camps are really protective. Some people disagree, saying that Japanese Internment Camps were good because not that many Japanese Americans got disturbed. This is distorted information because if people tried to escape, they would have gotten execution or beaten badly.

A strong sense of emotion in her article would demonstrate a more personal opinion. This approach would have allowed the reader to connect with her on a personal level not just from a research based standpoint.

In document A it depicts all the benefits of migrating to the U.S and how the U.S is an ark refuge, with many people waiting to board. The authors purpose is to show how easy it is to get into the U.S and the amount of people that are willing to come to the U.S to steal american jobs. He is trying to raise awareness to the american people that immigration should be restricted because it is at an all time high. In addition article E is also about restricting immigration, stating “An understanding was reached with Japan that the existing policy of discouraging emigration of its subjects of the laboring classes to continental United States should continue.” this doc shows that the U.S was really only targeting the working class because they were the people taking jobs from american citizens. although it can be argued that these restrictions did not help because there was then illegal immigration, it wasn’t significant enough to make any

In Giles Milton’s novel, Samurai William, the reader is taken to the other side of the globe to experience the history of old world Japan. Though out the book, Milton provides reason for complex historical events and actions, while still communicating the subtleties and mysterious customs of the Japanese. The novel also closely examines the wide range of relationships between different groups of Europeans and Asians, predominantly revolving around the protagonist, William Adams. The book documents the successes and failures that occur between the two civilizations, then links them back to either the positive or negative relationship they have. As the book goes on, the correlation is obvious. Milton shows us the extreme role that religion,

Mitsuye Yamada in her thirty-six line poem “To the Lady” (1243) tries to address the question which was asked from the lady in San Francisco about the injustice the Japanese Americans experienced in the United States concentration camps during World War II. She asked “why did the Japanese Americans let the government put them in those camps without protest?” (Yamada 1243) As Mitsuye think about the question, she rewrite her experience in an imagery conversation with the lady from San Francisco.

The article was well written and organized thought. However it did had a bit of deficiencies. Although the usage of personal experience and opinions are existing but she also used a lot of rhetorical strategies. This overreliance made the argument and the tone sound little bit emotional. The introduction of

History has shown how Japanese people are stoic people. During the time of terror and grief they showed no emotions but put one foot forward and continue to strive to build their communities. The six characters each experience the bombing but feel as if it only happened to them at first.

The book presents several views on the perspective of Japanese Americans during this period of time. There are Ichiro and Freddy, his companion, who did not fight for the war, and, as a result, were imprisoned.

Read the case: Kelly’s Assignment in Japan (Chapter 9 pages: 363-365) posted on Connect learning platform –study reflectively and identify the characters and the principal issues in this case.

Reword the topic sentence of the second main paragraph to better suit it to the thesis. It changed from ‘This can also be seen in the story when every request the narrator makes is denied, despite the fact that the requests probably would’ve helped her get better’ to ‘The fact that women did not have a say at home can also be seen in the story and provides another example of the suppression of women that Gilman criticizes’