2. What did the boy’s mother want him to do with the cardboard box? She wanted the boy bring the cake give his father in the jail.
He was very consistent and he did not discriminate by race as a 12 year old, but now after 40 years have passed he is depressed and he is losing faith in his life. As a 12 year old he meets Keiko; a Japanese girl. Although his parents are against Japanese people because of the bad relationship the Japanese have with the Chinese, he is determined to do anything to be with Keiko, even by going against his father’s rules. He loses contact with Keiko when she is sent to a concentration camp. Eventually, he forgets his crush, Keiko and marries a friend named Ethel and gives birth his son Marty Lee. About 40 years have passed since Henry has forgotten Keiko and Ethel has died after fighting cancer for 7 years. Henry is depressed and he is losing hope and faith, but there is a great big discovery that changes his personality. The discovery of the belongings of many Japanese families including Keiko’s in the basement of Panama Hotel. Keiko Okabe is a Japanese American. She faces many struggles being a Japanese person in the period of World War II. Keiko is a very outgoing, likable, and carefree character. Despite what her family is going through, she is determined to spend every moment she
The Boys decide to break into Pearl Harbor and go fishing even though there is a sign saying Military people only. The boys all get in a rowboat to start there fun day. Then suddenly the boys spot an airplane flying overhead with a Japanese symbol located on it. The boys spot something flying out from under the plane then suddenly they notice that they are torpedo bombs. Then a bomb comes down and the boys get knocked out of their rowboat. Soon after getting knocked out of the boat the boys get everyone back together and then Martin stays in the water and doesn't move very fast pace. Finally Martin gets out of the water and the boys see a very large splinter sticking into his chest very close to the heart. Then Martin and all the boys get into the boat and try to get help from someone. When Adam looks up he catches a small glimpse of his father's ship the Arizona. The Arizona having barley anything left to see because the rest has sank. Adam's friends all leave to go to the hospital to get all of there wounds checked. While his friends are gone Adam meets a guy that mistakes him for an enlisted man and ask him to join the Marines to help beat
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,
Katie and her family moved to Georgia because the father lost his job, but after they moved, there were only 32 Japanese people in the area. When they moved, Lynn became distant from her family because she made her first best friend and her name is Amber. The reason she became friends, was that Amber wanted hang around with Lynn to get closer to the cute boy in school that likes
They move frequently in over eight years and finally settle down in Inglewood during the Great Depression. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Papa is arrested and brought to Fort Lincoln. He is accused of supplying oil to Japanese submarines. An unnamed investigator questions as if Papa have contact with his relatives in Japan. When being asked, Papa responde by asking the investigator, “when your mother and your father are having a fight, do you want them to kill each other? Or do you just want them to stop fighting?”
After that abby ran home to read the book. But then her mom said it was time for lunch. So abby came down stairs and ate lunch. For lunch Abby had a sandwich and some lima beans. Abby asked “where did you get those lima beans? Her mom said you had some on the floor when you came in. Abby said she did not, and then she thought and just left that problem alone.
After a grueling 5 hour flight Billy breathed in the sweet smell of Hawaii and said “ Aaaaaaaa, Hawaii, the island of aloha.”
Piedad removed the duck and told Deyonnah to, “Finish your snack first.” Deyonnah went back to the snack table and sat down. Deyonnah got up and Ms. Piedad redirected her back to the table to clean up. Deyonnah flopped to the ground, “Bye everybody, bye, bye” she cried. The telephone rang and Ms. Piedad went to answer it. Deyonnah got up and began to climb up the cubby to get the popcorn. Ms. Chantel went to the cubby and removed the popcorn. Deyonnah hit Ms. Chantel and cried, “Why you crying?” Ms. Chantel told her, “Its ok, don’t cry. I’ll give you a napkin.” Ms. Chantel placed the napkin on the table and gave Deyonnah more popcorn. Deyonnah ate a handful then got up, ran to the carpet area and ran in circles around the stool. She then went back to the table and ate a few more pieces of popcorn, then ran back to the stool and ran in circles. Ms. Piedad prompted Deyonnah to go back to the table and helped her throw her stuff away. Deyonnah then grabbed the toys from the table, ran to the cabinet and got the whisper phone then went back to the table and began to eat her classmate’s popcorn. When her classmate returned to the table Deyonnah ran back to the carpet area and ran in
Henry is a young Chinese boy living in the heart of a town where whites make up the majority of the population. When Henry was a young boy, his father made him go to Rainier Elementary, an all white school, where he worked in the kitchen serving food during lunch hours. This is where he met his friend, Keiko, who was Japanese. This was a problem because Henry 's father detested the Japanese. At first, Henry did not want to become friends with Keiko because of his father, but being with her everyday in the lunchroom made him think otherwise. Henry and Keiko became best friends. Sharing all of their secrets and past experiences. Henry would escort Keiko home everyday after school. Eventually, Henry started courting Keiko, and he fell in love with her. During the war,
Through her adolescence, Jeanne is ashamed of being Japanese. At Jeanne’s award dinner/ ceremony, her father mortify her, by creating a perceptible array between her and the other families. “He was unforgivably a foreigner then, foreign to them, foreign to me, foreign to everyone, foreign to everyone but Mama, who sat next to him smiling, with pleased modesty. Twelve years old at the time, I wanted to scream. I wanted to slide out of sign under the table and dissolve.” (168) Jeanne wants to be out of sight because she is so humiliated by Papa’s traditional Japanese bow.
A few years ago, in first grade, I was in what my friends and whoever else was in the class with us call the first grade war. I know it sounds odd, but this happened. In the middle of first grade year almost every girl in first grade was crushing on Dylan.
We were going to our neighbors on a hot day and all I was wearing was a messy bun, eyeliner, mascara, baggy T-shirt tucked into my high waisted jean shorts, and black converse. I was thinking about what I was going to do afterwards since the neighbor kids were only 7 and 4, until a scrawny little “Meow” was ahead of me. I froze to see a little kitten in the road staring at a car. All my thoughts vanished except for one: I had to save that cat. It brought me back 3 years ago to when I had my other cat, Swiper. He died and it was my fault.
In the modern world, Terrorism seems like a daily occurrence. A bomb here and a shooting there is taken in stride, now. No more than a week and life is back to normal. There is no rallying cry. While most threats come from the outside, as is a hot topic recently, we also recognize that many attacks come from within our borders. However, there was a time when it was inconceivable that one of our own could think of hurting our country in such a way. We would have never thought that the ones we take a bullet for would be the ones behind the trigger.