The Possible Cause Of Papa's Death

Have you ever been separated from your dad for a while? We already know that the dad’s love cannot be compared with another thing in the world. The relationship between a father and his son is one of the most important things in life. In the novel “When the Emperor Was Divine” by Julie Otsuka shows the relationship assists in making a boy recognize the love of his father while he is in the internment camp for a long time. We may see through the third chapter as the father and his boy encourage their self-confidence to overcome their own experiences of being separated from each other. We are able to see how this relationship become strong and how it is linked for the boy’s feelings. Through this essay I would like to prove the importance of the father and his son, and how they illustrated this love in the novel “When the Emperor was Divine”.

“That is when I remembered that I had a father. During the alert, I had followed the mob, not taking care of him. I knew he was running out of strength, close to death, and yet I had abandoned him. I went to look for him. Yet at the same time a thought crept into my mind: If only I didn’t find him! If only I were relieved of this responsibility, I could use all my strength for myself… Instantly, I felt ashamed, ashamed of myself forever.” Slowly though, he starts to feel more and more that his father is a burden, like page 107. “I gave him what was left of my soup. But my heart was heavy. I was aware that I was doing it grudgingly. Just like Rabbi Eliahu’s son, I had not passed the test.” On page 108, he becomes frustrated with his father. “I sat next to him, watching him. I no longer dared to believe that he could still elude Death. I did all I could to give him hope.” Then finally, on page 111-112, “The officer came closer and shouted to him to be silent. But my father did not hear. He continued to call me. The officer wielded his club and dealt him a violent blow to the head. I didn’t move. I was afraid, my body was afraid of another blow, this time to my head… When I came down from my bunk after roll call, I could see his lips trembling; he was murmuring something. I remained more than an hour leaning over him, looking at him, etching his bloody, broken face into

It is extremely difficult for Ha’s family to leave Vietnam because this is their home. First of all,”How can we scramble away like rats,without honor…”(44). If Ha’s family leaves Vietnam and there home doesn’t end up getting destroyed will they have enough money to get back to Vietnam. If it does get destroyed, will they be able to rebuild their life. Second, “No matter what Mother decides, we are not to leave…”(46). Brother Khoi wants to stay home and protect his chick and Ha wants to protect her papaya tree. Her tree is part of her.Lastly, “What if Father returns…”(44). If Ha’s dad returns and his family is gone, what will he do. Ha’s family have a very difficult choice to either leave or stay in

The title of the short story is symbolic since it is, “In the Land of the Free”, and yet the people coming off the ship, in San Francisco, to come to America do not know that all freedom has a price. The author sets the tone with the eager arrival of the Chinese woman and her baby boy on the “Eastern Queen” steamship coming to meet the father and stay with him, after the sacrifice of being apart for the sake of their family. We learn of the happiness of the father seeing his little boy and his wife, after a long separation. The proud father tells everyone that the little boy is his son. The wife rejoices in her husband's glee at their having been reunited as a family.

His family had a military background, his relatives held such roles as governor of Taiwan and before Japan was opened for trade his family was of the Samurai Class.Her father moved to the united states from Japan when he was 17 after dropping out of Military school. Having moved to America after living in Japan for 17 years he still had loyalties to both countries, and seeing them fight tore him apart, when asked the question “Who do you want to win the war” while being interrogated he responded “When your Mother and Father are having a fight, do you want them to kill each other? Or do you just want them to stop fighting?” ~ Farewell to Manzanar, Page 64. Because of suspicion that Papa assisted the Japanese military he was taken in for questioning before joining his family in Manzanar, and because he got back earlier than the others under suspicion he was suspected by the others to be a traitor, and they called him out as such, and “For a man raised in Japan, there was no greater Disgrace.”. This humiliation, brought him face to face with his own vulnerability, and being a very proud man he hated his own vulnerability. The disgrace and to a certain extent loathing eventually caused papa to exile himself to his barracks and start to drink more and more and become more and more emotionally unstable, at one point even threatening to kill his own wife while his children looked on in fear. While his internal conflict affected himself foremost, it also had a toll on his

During Jeanne’s stay in Manzanar, her father was extremely abusive to the family while he was drunk, “Mama got nothing but threats and abuse… ‘I’m going to kill you this time!’” As this went on every night, Jeanne felt her respect for her father being lost and she grows farther away from him. Ultimately, his actions towards his wife completely separated the family. On the other hand, Monica and her family worked together as a team and relied on each other to make the best of the situation, “Henry and Father took turns at the stove to produce the harrowing blast… Father came back… with stacks of scrap lumber over his shoulder… ‘Now maybe we can live in style, with tables and chairs.’… I was glad Mother had put up a makeshift curtain on the window... ” Every family member did a part to make their living conditions better and worked as a team. Through this happy and calming mood the Sone family produced, they were able to lighten the atmosphere and oppose the stress caused by the terrible living conditions at the camp. All in all, although the Japanese-American families have similar living conditions at the camps, their compatibility contrast

During WWII (the time that the stories in the book had occurred), Japanese nationalism was still very much alive and was soon being followed by ultra-nationalism, which was “the extreme devotion to or advocacy of the interests of a nation”, during the middle of the 1920’s (“Imperial”). This, in turn, influenced how many people reacted to the devastating attack on their own country. Those who were injured, like a son and father, felt as though they had

Yet despite their differences, both are greatly attached to the land, which ultimately brings the whole family together and maintains their unity. Papa tries to make his children realise the importance of keeping the land within the family and that they are “born blessed”. “You ain’t never had to live on nobody’s land but your own and as long as I live and the family survives, you’ll never have to. That’s important. You may not understand now, but one day you will. Then you’ll see.” He is determined not to

2. A very important memorable passage in this book is towards the end of the story when Tomi tries very hard to make his father’s boat rise. “”You can be very proud of him.” I nearly stopped breathing. Never had I heard Ojji-chan utter a hint of praise for anyone”” (246) One day Ojji-chan, Tomi’s grandpa, called Tomi, the main character, into the room they both shared. Inside he saw his late grandma`s altar with a traditional Japanese setting. Ojji-chan told the grandmother`s altar that she could be proud of what Tomi was doing. From someone who never praises anyone, Tomi did something extremely amazing and honorable by trying to bring his father`s sunken ship back up.

Every book has its main idea and connects with some social issues. In this book, it mainly portrays two social issues: Losing parents & Fate. The first social issue that the book connects is children losing parents, more and more children are suffering this. In this book, Mia loses her whole family in a car accident and she is there and sees her families’ bodies: “I see Dad first.

I expect that my husband would die earlier because, on average, women live longer than men. Men die first because men tend to take bigger risks, have more dangerous jobs (military combat, firefighting, and working at construction sites), die of heart disease more often and at a younger age. When a woman being left by her husband, she still can handle everything because she can do multitasking by doing job work, housework, and taking care of children. Also, women are more circumspective than men. They are gentler and more tolerant than men, this contributes to women have more chances to contact with their

December 25th. Papa is dead. He is passed out in a doorway with the blood alcohol content four times the legal limit. Mama tells me not to cry. I do not cry.

The song by Paul Anka entitled, “Papa” gives the audience an emotional touch when Paul Anka re-tells his father 's life by singing a song. The author uses many imageries to explain how much dedication his father had towards his family and the tough times they went through. Anka sings to the audience an anecdote about how his father suffered through life under poor circumstances but still stayed loyal and strong to his family. Through the tone, voice and the lyrics of the song you 'll understand the feeling of appreciation Paul Anka had for his dad.

After a little more than a year living in Auschwitz, the mom couldn’t take anymore. She didn’t want to leave in isolation anymore so she started to plan to leave the city.

He was grown up in Philadelphia in his grand parents house. About his parents he was told that his grand parents are his real parents while his mom is elder sister. After some time he discover the fact about his parents, this make great impact on his life that wwhy his mother is lying with him.