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S'està carregant… Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese American Internment Campsde Mary Matsuda Gruenewald
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. This is a great book that tells a story of how Executive Order 9066 changed the lives of many Japanese Americans. This a story needs to be told, so that history is never repeated. ( ) One of the most moving books I have ever read. It is difficult to say it was fantastic because I don't want to diminish the impact her story had on me, but her first hand account from beginning to end describing her family's experience as internees in Japanese Concentration camps impacted me more than any other real life book ever has. I was moved to tears many times as she described her life. From now on I will make sure my students have a real understanding of the terrible consequences from America's decision to imprison innocent Japanese Americans. Yet another of the heartbreaking and heartwarming stories of a dark period of US history. Although there are better books out there, this one is well worth reading, especially if you are interested a story of what happened to some of the Japanese in the Puget Sound during WWII. The author skillfully recounts the horror experienced by so many Japanese as they were herded into internment camps in WWII. We need to remember this history so we do not repeat it on some other group in the future. Mary and her family raised strawberries like many of the other Japanese families on Vashon Island but life came to a crashing halt with Executive Order 9066. As a teen, Mary experienced anger and confusion about being American and Japanese; as an American-born, how could her own country treat her this way? Yet as a Japanese, Americans would never see her as anything but. Despite this scary, frustrating time, her parents’ stoicism and faith that all would work out keep her grounded at the times she needs it most. The more I read about people's experiences in the internment, the more flabbergasted I am to think our government thought this was a good idea. A powerful witness to maintaining our civil rights! Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
Biography & Autobiography.
History.
Sociology.
Nonfiction.
The author at 16 years old was evacuated with her family to an internment camp for Japanese Americans, along with 110,000 other people of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast. She faced an indefinite sentence behind barbed wire in crowded, primitive camps. She struggled for survival and dignity, and endured psychological scarring that has lasted a lifetime. This memoir is told from the heart and mind of a woman now nearly eighty years old who experienced the challenges and wounds of her internment at a crucial point in her development as a young adult. She brings passion and spirit to her story. Like The Diary of Anne Frank, this memoir superbly captures the emotional and psychological essence of what it was like to grow up in the midst of this profound dislocation and injustice in the US. Few other books on this subject come close to the emotional power and moral significance of this memoir. In the end, the listener is buoyed by what Mary learns from her experiences and what she is able to do with her life. In 2005 she becomes one more Nissei who breaks her silence. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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