In the novel Hotel On The Corner Of Bitter And Sweet their are many pieces of history mentioned which create a scene of realism. One of these pieces is the hatred by Americans of Asians at the time. An example of this is when Henry is walking towards school where Chaz and Denny his bullies are on flag duty " Hey Tojo you forgot to salute the flag,""he's a yellow coward"(32). This shows how people were racists towards anyone who looked Japanese because of Pearl Harbor. The comments towards Henry really show how Asians where really treated at that time makes the story more realistic. Another piece of history that gives this book a sense of realism is police cracking down on anybody that thought were Japanese spies. The part of the book that
