Harmony Becker
Autor/a de They Called Us Enemy
Obres de Harmony Becker
Anemone & Catharus 1 exemplars
Himawari Share, Volume 1 1 exemplars
HIMAWARI HOUSE. IL MIO ANNO GIAPPONESE 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 20th century
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Llocs de residència
- South Korea
Japan
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Mexico City, Mexico - Professions
- artist
illustrator - Agent
- DongWon Song
Membres
Ressenyes
Gr 9 Up—During a year in Tokyo, Japanese American Nao reconnects with the country she left as a child, wrestles
with remastering her mother tongue, and bonds with her roommates, fellow exchange students on journeys of their
own. Becker's graceful, expressive illustrations convey the frustration of language and cultural barriers—and the joy
of surmounting them.
with remastering her mother tongue, and bonds with her roommates, fellow exchange students on journeys of their
own. Becker's graceful, expressive illustrations convey the frustration of language and cultural barriers—and the joy
of surmounting them.
This was given to me as a gift by a friend, whom I have shared many years with and who said this was perhaps her favorite graphic novel ever. It was amazing and struck so many cords with me. Bring the tissues if you’re going to read it. If you’ve ever tried to reconnect to your roots, if you’ve ever moved away from your family, or struggled on the pathway from teen to adult, I hope this book will strike cords with you, too. It was so good.
A beautiful and thoughtful graphic novel from Harmony Becker, the artist behind George Takei's "They Called Us Enemy". The story focuses on three young women from different parts of Asia who end up staying at the same sharehouse in Japan as they study, struggle, laugh, and come to a deeper understanding of who they are and what they want from life.
Becker does a fantastic job of showcasing each girls journey individually all while tying them together into the bigger narrative. While they each are grappling with different feelings (like Nao feeling like she isn't fully Japanese or American, or Hyejung coming to terms with her break from familial expectations) they learn from each others rich backstories and cultural experience, weaving a multicultural story that is highly immersive and informative.
I also enjoyed the fact that not every single little thing was wrapped up tidily with a bow or gave the expected "happy" ending. That's not to say the ending is not sad, necessarily, it's just super realistic. Sometimes family struggles go on a while, or people have to leave places they love, or not everyone has a big, grand plan for what they want to do in life and are instead just taking life day by day. At times I forgot this was fiction because each character felt so deeply realized and full of emotion that I thought this must be autobiographical - but no, it's just a very honest and heartwarming read that I think many readers will enjoy.… (més)
Becker does a fantastic job of showcasing each girls journey individually all while tying them together into the bigger narrative. While they each are grappling with different feelings (like Nao feeling like she isn't fully Japanese or American, or Hyejung coming to terms with her break from familial expectations) they learn from each others rich backstories and cultural experience, weaving a multicultural story that is highly immersive and informative.
I also enjoyed the fact that not every single little thing was wrapped up tidily with a bow or gave the expected "happy" ending. That's not to say the ending is not sad, necessarily, it's just super realistic. Sometimes family struggles go on a while, or people have to leave places they love, or not everyone has a big, grand plan for what they want to do in life and are instead just taking life day by day. At times I forgot this was fiction because each character felt so deeply realized and full of emotion that I thought this must be autobiographical - but no, it's just a very honest and heartwarming read that I think many readers will enjoy.… (més)
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 6
- Membres
- 1,866
- Popularitat
- #13,792
- Valoració
- 4.4
- Ressenyes
- 115
- ISBN
- 21
- Llengües
- 4
George Takei is famous for his acting especially his role as Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek as well as for being an advocate for gay rights.
This would be an excellent supplemental text in discussing World History and specifically Modern U.S. History during WWII. Honestly with Maus and the political cartoons of Theodore Geisel a completely graphic approach to the war could be quite effective.
The following links to great resource regarding Executive Order 9066 given by FDR that led to 120.000 Japanese Americans in internment camps-discussed in the book.
https://www.fdrlibrary.org/executive-order-9066#:~:text=Executive%20Order%209066....
The following is a MSNBC interview with George Takei about They Called Us Enemy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQP23uqxQoA&ab_channel=MSNBC… (més)