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Alison Burston In Pearl Harbour
In the graphic novel "Pearl Harbour" the setting is in August 2006, when a grandmother is telling her grandson her own experience about the bombing of Pearl Harbour and the story of how she meet her best friend Jasmine Obasan. The grandmother is call Alison Quigley and her story begins in December, 4, 1941. Alison is 12 at that time and so is Jasmine. The main character Alison meets Jasmine, a vistior from Japan in this tableaux. This is the first time Alison is getting to know Jasmine but it feels to her like they've known each other for very a long time; they have various of things in common. Jasmine is Japanese and her father Dr. Obasan is a poet who writes haikus. Dr.Obasan is the godfather of Alsion and also good friend of Alison's past away mother.

2.The Children's Opinion On The War In this scene Alison Quigley our main character and her friend Buddy Stockton argue about war with the Japanese. Buddy continues to call Jasmine and her people "Japs" which Alison found very disrespectful. He also states that the Japanese are creating a great
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The conversation is between Captain Stockton (Buddy's father), Dr. Obasan (Jasmine's father), and Captain Quigley (Alison's Father). The United States wasn't part of World War 2 yet at that time but there is different rumors about the United States going to war with Japan and Japan is planning to attack Hawaii. So in this Tableaux Captain Stockton was questioning Dr. Obasan why Japan want to go to war with the United States. Captain Quigley is trying to stop Captain Stockton from asking, he didn't want Dr.Obasan to feel unwelcome because he was Japanese and there is countless rumors about Japan going to war with the United States. Dr. Obasan on the other didn't mind Captain Stockton asking at all and clarify that not all Japanese wants war and numerous believe in peace and that war is foolish and will bring shame to the

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