Property leads to many conflicts but in the novel it results in something greater. Carl discusses about the sixty-five acres of land with Susan Marie and later she asked whether to give the some of the land to Kabuo or not. Carl does not know whether to give seven acres of land to Kabuo and he states, that what “‘It comes down to the fact that Kabuo’s a Jap. And I don't hate Japs, but I don't like ‘em neither. It’s hard to explain. But he’s a Jap”’ (297). The Japanese community became a target for hatred despite, the fact that they lived on the same land as the other Americans. Kabuo was put into a similar situation as the other Japanese individuals where, the war caused the Americans feel dislike for the Japanese population. Like Carl, he
