Invisible To Invincible: American Pows And Japanese Americans

Invisible to Invincible You try to crush them, break them, and humiliate them but nothing works, these men and women are the American POWs and Japanese - Americans. The American POWs and Japanese - Americans were made invisible literally and figuratively. But some American POWs and Japanese - Americans were able to resist from being made invisible. Louie Zamperini was an Olympic runner, until World War 2 started so he volunteered to be an American soldier but ended up crashing and staying in POW camps. Louie was imprisoned by the Japanese and was made invisible by the Japanese by getting tortured and dehumanized. Despite being made invisible by the Japanese, Louie was able to resist it and fought back together with other POWs. Mine Okubo,
Mine Okubo, a Japanese - American was treated as if she was invisible figuratively in the internment camps by being called as numbers not names. “ For the rest of their time in the internment camps, Mine and Toku were referred to by this number, not by their names.” Mine Okubo was made invisible figuratively by being dehumanized as if she didn’t even have a name. Louie Zamperini, an American POW was also made invisible literally and figuratively by the Japanese at the POW camps. All of the POWs weren’t allowed to communicate with each other. “ He was forbidden to speak to anyone but the guards.” They were made invisible literally because they weren’t allowed to talk with anyone, as if they were alone. Louie was also mistreated as if he was not a human by even cleaning pig poop with only hands, “ Of all the violent and vile abuses that the Bird had inflicted upon Louie, none had horrified and demoralized him as did this.” Louie was treated as if he was invisible figuratively which shows us that the job was to dehumanize Louie. The American POWs and Japanese - Americans were made invisible literally and figuratively they were treated very harshly as if they were actually