Eddy Okubo Character Analysis
How does the main character define themselves?
Eddy Okubo defines himself as a patriotic American who is willing to sacrifice his life for his country and family’s honor. Although his dad is a Japanese, and wants him to go to Japan for college and to learn the Japanese way of life, Eddy has different ideas about his future that is settled around his friends and America. “Finally,they were letting us be real soldiers. I was proud to stand up for something I believed in, no matter what guys like Sweet thought,” (Salisbury, 92). As one can see, even though people didn’t think that the Japanese Americans would fight for the U.S., Eddy was proud and willing to be serving his country. Could the first impression of the main character be trusted?
The first impression of Eddy can be trusted throughout the book. His first impression was that he was a person who had a kind of stubborn “I’ll do the things I want to” and “I’m gonna do what I think is right” attitude, with a combination of pride in himself about who he is. “Like Herbie, I had different dreams from Pop. American dreams... We were Americans, not a ‘Japanese Problem,’ and if I had to go behind Pop’s back and join the army to prove it, then that is what I would do... I glared at sweet, …show more content…
“‘Keep the window shades down,’ Sweet said as I stowed my gear and found a place to sit. ‘We don’t want people seeing you and panicking over a train of Japs.’ That did it. ‘Sir,’ I said. ‘ You wrong to call us Japs. Japs are the ones who bombed Pearl Harbor-the enemy, not us. We’re Americans.’” (Salisbury, 97). In this quote, Eddy shows lieutenant Sweet who he is and how he defines himself and his colleagues. Eddy stated that he was an American, and that this is how he defined himself all along. Although punished for speaking back to a higher rank, Eddy spoke out and showed who he was, and that he wasn’t afraid to do
Eddy Okubo defines himself as a patriotic American who is willing to sacrifice his life for his country and family’s honor. Although his dad is a Japanese, and wants him to go to Japan for college and to learn the Japanese way of life, Eddy has different ideas about his future that is settled around his friends and America. “Finally,they were letting us be real soldiers. I was proud to stand up for something I believed in, no matter what guys like Sweet thought,” (Salisbury, 92). As one can see, even though people didn’t think that the Japanese Americans would fight for the U.S., Eddy was proud and willing to be serving his country. Could the first impression of the main character be trusted?
The first impression of Eddy can be trusted throughout the book. His first impression was that he was a person who had a kind of stubborn “I’ll do the things I want to” and “I’m gonna do what I think is right” attitude, with a combination of pride in himself about who he is. “Like Herbie, I had different dreams from Pop. American dreams... We were Americans, not a ‘Japanese Problem,’ and if I had to go behind Pop’s back and join the army to prove it, then that is what I would do... I glared at sweet, …show more content…
“‘Keep the window shades down,’ Sweet said as I stowed my gear and found a place to sit. ‘We don’t want people seeing you and panicking over a train of Japs.’ That did it. ‘Sir,’ I said. ‘ You wrong to call us Japs. Japs are the ones who bombed Pearl Harbor-the enemy, not us. We’re Americans.’” (Salisbury, 97). In this quote, Eddy shows lieutenant Sweet who he is and how he defines himself and his colleagues. Eddy stated that he was an American, and that this is how he defined himself all along. Although punished for speaking back to a higher rank, Eddy spoke out and showed who he was, and that he wasn’t afraid to do