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    included both World War I and World War II and furthermore the Great Wretchedness, the season of genuine monetary melancholy in the 1930s. All through most of Picture Bride, perusers watch events create through the eyes of Hana, the essential character. Uchida does not limit perusers to Hana's viewpoint, in any case. She some of the time licenses perusers into the brains of diverse characters. Along the understanding, we can see that sometimes the point of view developments and the perspective…

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    about when a bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, and everything that 6 victims had to go through. The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida, is about what a young Japanese American girl had to go through after Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese. It shows how her life was when she had to leave her home and be taken along with her family to an internment camp. Although both John Hersey and Yoshiko Uchida use compelling personal stories…

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    others or from life itself. Anyone that is faced with adversities must overcome them in order to progress as a person. There are many that have overcome their adversities and progressed in their lives; a famous few are: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Yoshiko Uchida, and Caitlyn Jenner. Adversity can be found anywhere affecting anyone; adversity can be found in the white house affecting the President. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt faced adversity presented to him when he made the Day of Infamy…

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    adversity is diverse for everyone; the following people took big risks in facing difficulties; Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Yoshiko Uchida and Kris Carr, a wellness activist and a cancer survivor, and they were all successful in doing so.…

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    lives. Does it justify them putting all Japanese related people in the US, in concentration camps. These two texts, "Hiroshima" by John Hersey, and "Bracelet" by Yoshiko Uchida both persuade their audience that in this case the US' ends did not justify their means in World War II. Although both text have the same purpose in…

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    The book my group is reading is called A Jar of Dreams by Yoshiko Uchida. The book takes place in Berkeley, California around 1930. The story is told by a second generation 11 year old Japanese girl named Rinko Tsujimura along with mama, papa, her older brother Cal(short for California), her younger brother Joji, and her neighbor Ms.Sugar. So the book starts out Rinko comes home to find the kitchen a mess, then goes to papa’s Barber shop but goes the wrong way and gets yelled at by Wilbur…

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    you believe in something, but your friend or someone you know will believe in the opposite thing. In the stories, the characters will also face conflict. In “Farewell to Manzanar” by Jeanne Wakatsuki and James D. Houston and “The Bracelet” by Yoshiko Uchida, the characters face conflict when they’re forced to leave their homes. They’re both in similar situations but their reactions are different. This proves that even in a similar situation, people can have different reactions or react…

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    How do you feel about disrespect to elderly? Well, it happens all the time. In “The Old Grandfather And His Little Grandson,” by Leo Tolstoy, a grandfather is mistreated by his own son and daughter-in-law. In “The Wise Old Woman,” by Yoshiko Uchida, many elderly are sent away at the age of seventy one. In these two stories a young lord and two parents come to a realization in life. The parents in the “Old Grandfather And The Little Grandson” do not let the grandfather eat at the table because he…

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    emperor calls for the man's execution in fear of another country taking the machine and using it against. He kills the man then burn the machine so no other man can use the machine made out of bamboo and paper. In the Story "The Wise Old Woman" by Yoshiko Uchida is about a young lord who banishes people over the age of 71 and they’re taken to mountains. The farmer who was…

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    Over the course of this year, the English II class has read many non-fiction texts. The first text that showed the importance of family was I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. In this book, Maya Angelou explains her life and how racism has affected her and helped her to fight for African-American rights. The importance of family is expressed when her grandmother says, “You children is the most ungrateful things I ever did see. You think your momma and poppa went to all the trouble…

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