government was blaming ALL the Japanese for‚ something that not all of them had personally done. Even though it was something not everyone had done‚ they were all still being punished and had to wrongly suffer the consequences of being forced to go to internment camps. Not only is this young girl being punished for something she did not do‚ she also explains how she doesn’t even feel very "Japanese‚" due to having lived in the
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Hiromi Goto’s The Kappa Child takes a daring‚ yet necessary reflection on Canadian norms‚ value systems‚ gender roles‚ formal policies and overall identity. While weaving the reader through a maze of sci-fi fantasy and reality‚ Goto presents the story of our Japanese-Canadian protagonist‚ who struggles through the facets of introspection and self-realization. What immediately stood out was Goto’s deliberate attempt to examine the Canadian immigrant “experience‚” drawing a contrast to that of Canadian
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In the two stories Leon’s Story and “Home was a Horse Stall‚” there is a hatred of a specific group of people. In Leon’s Story it was hate towards African-Americans but in “Home was a Horse Stall‚” the hatred was towards Japanese-Americans. Or how in “Home Was a Horse Stall‚” the outcasts were put in prisons but in Leon’s Story they wanted to be put in prison so that they could escape the abuse from the racists. Also the blacks were given the right to live in their own home and get their own job
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Part I. Response Journal (four passages and responses = four points). Divide the book into four equal parts (four quarters)‚ and select four favorite passages‚ one from each of the four quarters of the book. Follow the guidelines shared for the grade 7-10 response journals (see above) in terms of format‚ length of responses‚ and content. Here is a sample response: Chapter/Page: “Evacuation Order No.19” page 6 Passage: "She wiped her forehead with her handkerchief. The sun was bright and she did
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prison-like camp during the duration of the horrible and bloody World War II? On December 7‚ 1941‚ Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Within the first two months of this tragic event’s occurrence‚ 120‚000 Japanese Americans including my father‚ were taken to internment camps. It was horrifying to see him leave with a look of sadness‚ disgust‚ and wonder on his face. Little did I know‚ I was not to see this important figure in my life for some time: the entirety of this world wide catastrophe. He was taken to a
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The year is 1941. World War II has begun‚ and on one side is Germany‚ Japan‚ and Italy‚ and on the other is the United Kingdom‚ France‚ and a number of other countries. The war began with the German invasion of Poland‚ thus sparking France and the United Kingdom to declare war on Germany. Up until this point‚ the United States had largely sat out the war‚ as per the isolationist policies at the time that dictated the USA should remain out of the affairs of other nations. While this policy had been
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SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT BE ALLOWED TO DETAIN SUSPECTED TERRORISTS WITHOUT TRIAL? Terrorism isn’t James Bond or Tom Clancy. Even al-Quaeda is looking old school these days--now it’s just some guy with a bomb. He walks the same roads as us. He thinks the same thoughts. But he’s got a bomb. MICHAEL MARSHALL‚ Blood of Angels Thesaurus defines terrorism as the calculated use of violence against civilians to attain political or religious goals. Knowing that a terrorist could
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Zoos are like internment camps and should be shut down. Animals deserve the right to live out their lives in their natural habitat‚ not be the source of human entertainment. Zoos are more detrimental to animals than they are good for them‚ even though there are conservation efforts and educational purposes for having animals in captivity. The negative aspects far outweigh any positive effects when it comes to having animals in captivity due to poor living conditions‚ failure to educate‚ and psychological
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became the enemy nation against the US. The sudden bombing of Pearl Harbor put hatred in the Americans against the Japanese‚ which is an understandable fact. However‚ Americans responded in an uncivilized manner. The Japanese Americans were put in internment camps without their consent. They were told that “it was all in the interest of national security‚ it was a matter of military necessity‚ and it was an opportunity for them to prove their loyalty (Otsuka 70).” These statements in themselves imply
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the government’s attitudes toward racial and ethnic minorities. 8. The acceptability of Polish jokes is an example of a. poor taste. b. symbolic ethnicity. c. respectable bigotry. d. ethnic paradox. 9. A group of _____ were sent to internment camps in Montana during World War II. a. Canadian Americans b. Italian Americans c. Columbian Americans d. Japanese Americans 10. During WWII‚ many Italian
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