Rosa Parks, Joan of Arc, and Martin Luther King Jr. exemplify leaders that achieved great accomplishments throughout their life despite being discriminated due to their gender, social ranking, and/or race. An individual’s perspective on life can be affected by one’s cultural identity. Gender, race, and social status are factors that can negatively or positively change a person’s outlook on life. For instance, others are quick to make assumptions based off of physical traits such as racial background or gender, which can change one's perspective on life. Being discriminated culturally can also spark one's mindset to become optimistic and fight back for justice. An individual's cultural identity can greatly impact and change their outlook on life.
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Kono is set during World War II when American citizens are fearful of espionage after the Attack on Pearl Harbor. The narrator of the poem is of Japanese-descent and is deported to an internment camp along with many others. She describes the “branding of her indignation” (Kono 7), which brings to light the unfair treatment that she and other Japanese-American citizens received in the internment camps. Racial background plays a large role in affecting a person’s perspective on life. When the narrator is relocated to the internment camp, she mentions, “Not wanting to, not meaning to see beauty in this stark landscape, she sees, nonetheless” (Kono 13-16). She, along with other Japanese-American citizens, is forced to be optimistic and make the best out of the current situation despite unjust conditions. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the American government generalized and suspected that all Japanese-American citizens as spies. As a result, the narrator is compelled to change her perspective on life despite uncontrollable factors such as being of Japanese
Kono is set during World War II when American citizens are fearful of espionage after the Attack on Pearl Harbor. The narrator of the poem is of Japanese-descent and is deported to an internment camp along with many others. She describes the “branding of her indignation” (Kono 7), which brings to light the unfair treatment that she and other Japanese-American citizens received in the internment camps. Racial background plays a large role in affecting a person’s perspective on life. When the narrator is relocated to the internment camp, she mentions, “Not wanting to, not meaning to see beauty in this stark landscape, she sees, nonetheless” (Kono 13-16). She, along with other Japanese-American citizens, is forced to be optimistic and make the best out of the current situation despite unjust conditions. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the American government generalized and suspected that all Japanese-American citizens as spies. As a result, the narrator is compelled to change her perspective on life despite uncontrollable factors such as being of Japanese