Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Book Review Summary of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet is a story that explores the experiences of Chinese and Japanese Americans during World War II with both insight and compassion. The story begins in 1986 with Henry‚ an elderly Chinese-American man walking past the Panama hotel in Seattle‚ which has been boarded up since the war. Memorabilia within the basement of the hotel take Henry back
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similar physical appearance. Because it was a tradition for the Chinese to send their children back to China to complete their schooling‚ that is what Henry’s father did. He sent him back to China. He agrees to go if his father saves the Panama Hotel where Keiko’s family stored a lot of their belongings when they were shipped to the internment camps. While sending letters back and forth letters to Keiko‚ that is how Henry met the women he ended up marrying‚ Ethel. She worked at the post office
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be known by his personality and how he acts. euphemism- gone as in dead explanation- gone is a more settle way to say someone is dead rather than saying it harsh hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet hotel
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The book Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet begins in 1986 where Henry Lee‚ a Chinese-American who’s now in his 50s‚ approaches a crowd at the Panama Hotel in Seattle where remaining belongings of Japanese families are discovered. This triggers Henry to begin reminiscing upon his own experience that took place in 1942. The story transitions to Henry as a child and his experiences in the years of World War II. It all begins when the devastating attack at Pearl Harbor has taken place‚ and now
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People choose what kind of person they want to be: kind‚ generous‚ rude‚ accepting‚ loving‚ hateful‚ etc. Even though these traits are chosen and acted out through free will‚ other people can affect how someone is shaped. In the novel Hotel on the corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford the main character named Henry Lee is greatly affected by his relationships with other characters. The relationships between Henry and his father‚ Henry and Marty‚ and Henry and Keiko helped shape his life tremendously
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The exciting and memorable novel‚ Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie ford‚ is about a Chinese boy‚ Henry Lee‚ growing up in Seattle‚ Washington during World War Two when the U.S. was at war with Japan. The book highlights the struggles he faces when he makes friends with a Japanese girl named Keiko. There are many life lessons hidden within the book. We can learn something about preventing the injustice that took place from ever happening again from these. A few of these lessons are
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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet a book written by Jamie Ford‚ is taking place during the 1940s it is about a young Chinese- American boy named Henry Lee‚ who is sent to an all white school. He does not like it here but his father and mother are so proud because their son got into an all white school. In this book he meets a Japanese girl and starts to fall in love with her. She then gets taken away and set to a immigration camp and he can not find her. “He and Marty had not talked much
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playground‚ they provide entertainment for people of all ages around the world. Though it is mostly seen as a toy‚ it also teaches an important life lesson: when forming relationships‚ each person involved must give equally. In the novel‚ Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford‚ Henry Lee‚ a young Cantonese-American boy forms valuable relationships that have a lasting impact on his life. The first relationship displayed in the novel is between Henry and his father. Growing up‚ Henry’s dad
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The historical fiction novel titled "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford‚ depicts relationships and their importance. As the novel bounces back and fourth in the mid to early 1900’s many relationships are expressed. A time of resentment was going on between the Japanese and the Chinese. The cultural clash of the time period contributes greatly to the attitude and tone of the text. As the novel progresses important bonds and relationships are formed. The most notable relationships
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friends‚ and yet some believe there is no such existence of people being bonded close enough to be a family. Whichever way you perceive family though‚ you can see dynamics that structure how a family functions and interacts. In The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet two very different families contrast each other in the Okabes and the Lees. It is even seen how family dynamics transcend generations as Henry and his son Marty interact. Differences in family dynamics can be seen vividly when observing
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