House Of The Red Fish Analysis

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In “House of the Red Fish” Tomi and Keet were enemies in the story. After all, Tomi was Japanese, Keet was caucasian, and the Japanese had just bombed Pearl Harbor. After those event happened Keet became the bully but Tomi was still an innocent kind hearted boy.

The first of Tomi and Keet’s adversaries were their family’s reputations. Keet’s parents were employers, which meant they had more money. But on Tomi’s side, his parents were employees and they had to live on the Wilson’s property. The second, Tomi was a loving person who wouldn’t try to start commotion. On the other hand, Keet was an intimidator. He was always picking fights with Tomi and his friends only because they were Japanese.

But they weren’t always different. In fact, they

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