could only take two suitcases.” mother shows that she is concerned about how Keiko asks her mama how they were going to they are going to be able to carry their essentials. carry the huge sack that the dishes, blankets and Mama’s reply shows that she has a positive sheets were in. Mama replies “Someone will help attitude and that she has faith in human nature. It us.” could also be that she is being protective of her child, not wanting her to know how scared she (Mama) is at what happened to them. “I didn’t know if I would ever get back to Berkley Ruri was uncertain if she would ever get to go back again.” to the only place that she had ever lived. “I wondered who would be sitting in my desk at 151 Lincoln Junior High now that I was gone. Ruri was forced to leave her school and her home and she had done nothing wrong. “He(Papa) had lived there since 1917.” The author tells us that Papa had been there since 151 1917 to show that he had been a resident for a long time. Also, there is no indication that in that amount of time, he had ever been in trouble or caused trouble. “I picked up my two suitcases. Each one had a tag Every Japanese family was given a number. This with my name and our family number on it.” 152 de-humanizes them. They are not being treated like individuals with rights. “But the garden looked shabby and forsaken now The author has this passage about the garden that Papa was gone and Mama was too busy to 152 because it shows how the family used to have take care of it. It looked the way I felt, sort of order, peace and beauty and now things are empty and lonely and abandoned” disheveled. He mother has to take care of important things by herself leaving the beautiful garden aside. The children had to cope with what the unfair circumstances. “No one knew exactly what was going to happen 152 Ruri’s family had to go without knowing what was
could only take two suitcases.” Keiko asks her mama how they were going to carry the huge sack that the dishes, blankets and sheets were in. Mama replies “Someone will help us.” mother shows that she is concerned about how they are going to be able to carry their essentials. Mama’s reply shows that she has a positive attitude and that she has faith in human nature. It could also be that she is being protective of her child, not wanting her to know how scared she (Mama) is at what happened to them. “I didn’t know if I would ever get back to Berkley again.” “I wondered who would be sitting in my desk at Lincoln Junior High now that I was gone. 151 Ruri was uncertain if she would ever get to go back to the only place that she had ever lived. Ruri was forced to leave her school and her home and she had done nothing wrong. “He(Papa) had lived there since 1917.” 151 The author tells us that Papa had been there since 1917 to show that he had been a resident for a long time. Also, there is no indication that in that amount of time, he had ever been in trouble or caused trouble. “I picked up my two suitcases. Each one had a tag with my name and our family number on it.” 152 Every Japanese family was given a number. This de-humanizes them. They are not being treated like individuals with rights. “But the garden looked shabby and forsaken now that Papa was gone and Mama was too busy to take care of it. It looked the way I felt, sort of empty and lonely and abandoned” 152 The author has this passage about the garden because it shows how the family used to have order, peace and beauty and now things are disheveled. He mother has to take care of important things by herself leaving the beautiful garden aside. The children had to cope with what the unfair circumstances. “No one knew exactly what was going to happen 152 Ruri’s family had to go without knowing what was
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