person’s loyalty to a country may vary depending on the circumstances as seen in both the film Empire of the Sun by Steven Spielberg and the novel When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka. On multiple occasions‚ Jamie‚ the main character in Empire of the Sun‚ displays loyalty to a country that the audience may not expect. In the novel When the Emperor was Divine‚ there are also many instances where an individual displays loyalty to a country the audience may not expect. In both the novel and the film
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Empire of the Sun directed by Steven Spielberg and the novel When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka the main characters struggle with identifying which side of World War II they are supposed to be aligned with. The protagonists from both of the works experience a moment where the line between good and bad is extremely thin. Both Jamie and the family are forced to question their allegiances in World War II. Jamie Graham was born into an opulent English family with many privileges.
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Samuel Akande 7/86/2011 when the emperor was divine The Japanese Americans In the novel find themselves torn between two identities: they struggle to reconcile their divided loyalties whether it’s politics‚ religion‚ or culture. In the book when the emperor was divine it gave us some connections about what Japanese Americans views on the war politically on pg 75 the mom started destroying objects that you can say are an influence of Japanese culture and politics for example
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Julie Otsuka’s When The Emperor Was Divine‚ the boundaries of culture and identity are tested as a Japanese immigrant family try to find their way through being viewed as the enemy of America in their own backyards. Cultural diffusion can lead to a loss of identity and change in moral compass. Through When the Emperor was Divine‚ the Japanese are viewed as the enemy which eventually changes even their own minds into believing so. The main way the Japanese were identified with hatred was by their physical
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introduced in “When the Emperor was Divine‚” but there are two major characters that have significant importance in the plot of the story for a numerous of reasons. At the beginning of the story‚ a mother wearing new glasses and a red dress heads home after going to the hardware store to receive some tools she was going to use later that day. At first glance the mother seemed nothing to note at worth‚ but there were critical and crucial parts that stood out‚ like the fact on how the mother was in such a
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When The Emperor Was Divine In “When the Emperor Was Divine”‚ Julie Otsuka uses syntax‚ childlike tone‚ and evocative imagery to show the relationship between the father and the son affecting the boy’s coming of age. The author uses syntax to portray the experiences of the father by using repetition. The son’s coming of age is affected by this through the passing of knowledge gained by these experiences. Throughout the passage. Repetition of sentences beginning with “He knew” depict the knowledge
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Identity in When the Emperor was Divine “As we got off the bus‚ we found ourselves in a large area amidst a sea of friendly Japanese faces‚ “‚ stated by a once twelve-year old Nisei Florence Miho Nakamura in her account of her internment camp experience (Tong‚ 3). This initial experience was common among many Japanese‚ as they were uprooted from their homes and relocated to government land. Although‚ they had been asked to leave their homes and American way of life‚ many had no idea of what was to greet
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The internment camps during World War 2 was seen as necessary‚ positive and needed to those who were not interned because of the Pearl Harbor Bombing in 1941‚ which was the hegemonic narrative. Many euphemisms were used to disguise the truth behind the interment of the Japanese-Americans like the words camp‚ opportunities and more. The place where Japanese-Americans were interned was anything but a camp‚ it was where they experienced no happiness or fun. It was simply a place where the Japanese- Americans
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externally. She does this with the children’s actions. For instance‚ when the boy first was in the internment camp‚ when he walked past the guards‚ sometimes he would say the Emperor’s name aloud. This demonstrated the boy’s loyalty towards his Emperor. I admired the boy for feeling so passionately about his heritage and knowing that it was not wrong even when people told him it was. When he got back home‚ his whole attitude was changed. He followed the instructions he had been taught in the lecture
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having targeted an entire race of people. Though definitely not as extreme as Germany’s actions‚ the US was also guilty of this act‚ having targeted the Japanese American people after Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor. Arresting potential ‘spies‚’ forcing people to move‚ and putting them all in camps were the main things the US had done to the Japanese people. In the book When the Emperor Was Divine written by Julie Otsuka‚ this event is shown through the eyes of the Japanese people as they go through
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