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Gloria Anzaldua, a Chicana author, writes about the partial judgment on her accents when she speaks English, but she feels proud of her mother language, Chicano Spanish, because she realizes that her mother tongue is her distinctive identity. Also, she encourages her chicano friends to keep their identities. Likewise, in “To the Lady”, Mitsuye Yamada, a Japanese American poet and activist, writes to a lady in San Francisco and claims that the consequence of people not protesting when injustice…

are many differences between the American and Japanese culture. One must never assume that any one culture is the same, even if the two culture appear similar on the surface. American and Japanese cultures appear similar on the surface. But if one looks any deeper than surface level, it is very easy to see that the two cultures are as different as any two cultures can be. In this section three key differences will be discussed between American and Japanese culture. The author will also discuss…

Hitomaro lived in Japan during the 8th century and “his elegy on his first wife is among the most touching poems in any language” (Barnstone 461). Although Hitomaro’s poem is important in it’s own right, it is vital to understand the cultural context in which it took place. Thus, to further understand one of “the most touching poems in any language,” it is vital to explore the ancient Japanese view of death in relation to American beliefs and in relation to Hitomaro’s poem (461). Westerners seem…

the FBI sat in jail cells for years without a trial, their right to a speedy trial, or even the families in the internment camps, they did not even have a trial. The camps were also a violation of habeas corpus, for there was no charge against the Japanese Americans, but they were fenced in with armed guards point toward them. These rights that were violated, I think create the bigger argument on the legality of the internment camps. I think it also shows that during wartime, some rights are…

Assimilation in American In the early 1940’s, World War II was like a raging bull. Here at home, the Unites States government put a drastic policy into play. People of Japanese ancestry, many of them were American citizens, suddenly found themselves as the victims of fear and discrimination. Although they were not guilty of any crimes, they were rounded up and sent far away to what were basically prison camps. In the book, Letters To Memory, Karen Tei Yamashita talks about the history of her…

movie, Go for Broke, centers around the Japanese American men who served in the 442nd regimental combat unit during World War II. Though unjustly imprisoned in internment camps, these men proved their loyalty to America and bravely fought against the Italian, German, and Japanese enemies, to become the most decorated unit in United States history. Released in 1951, six years after the end of the war, this movie aimed to change the prejudices against Japanese Americans in the United States. This…

I came back from Japan, I started to learn Japanese, and study Japanese culture. There are lots of things included in culture. There are languages, cuisines, music, art, even some small detail that every Japanese do, for example, the way Japanese greet each other. However, I would say, among those culture, Japanese animations is the one which attract teenagers the most. Young adults around the world are fascinated in the animations. I am the Japanese club leader in the school, in our club,…

There are many things that happened to Japanese-Americans during World War 2 that people today just aren’t familiar with. The story revolves around Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, a Japanese-American, and what she experienced, living in the World War 2 era. The writing piece titled, “Arrival at Manzanar", takes place during Houston’s childhood. In the beginning, Jeanne and her family were living a relatively pleasant life in a predominantly non-Japanese neighborhood, until the war happened and they…

Japanese-American internment camps Japanese internment camps were a horrible way of protecting the Japanese and Japanese-American from white pedestrians it violated their privacy, and a majority of them were against it. although the government claims they took great care of the Japanese, Japanese-Americans a big percentage of the victims mentioned their rights were violated for example: freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and right to assemble. they could not practice religion, for example…

people they were evacuating, but through subliminal imagery depicted in the men’s body language, wardrobe, and their surroundings, she was able to show the reality of America during World War II. Authors like Okada and Kelley also assisted in helping show how American “nationalism” is lived and viewed in the perspective of the minorities in America during the time of this war. One of the objectives…