Obasan
Obasan is told in flashbacks by Naomi Nakane. It tells about her family's treatment by the Canadian Government during WWII.The major conflict in Obasan was the way the Nakane family was moved around and taken away from all that was theirs. The conflict wasn't ever really resolved. The war ended, and they still were not allowed to go home. Eventually, the children grew up and Stephen moved away, but the rest of the people just stayed in Granton.The unjustness of the Canadian Government in WWII. Race doesn't define what makes someone a "Canadian". Naomi Nakane: Naomi is 5'1" and 105 pounds. She has straight black hair, and a "youthful, oriental face". Naomi is somewhat shy as a child. She doesn't play a musical instrument. She ends up being a schoolteacher, in Granton, and has trouble controlling her class because of her somewhat shy nature. She is not married, and is sometimes considered an old maid. Stephen Nakane: Stephen, as an adult, is starting to get a little bit heavy, and his hair is streaking with grey. As a child, he broke his leg, and had a slight limp. Stephen tried to put as much distance between him and his Japanes
Is that past or present tense? It's perpetual tense. (p252) Gentle Mother, we were lost together in our silences. One of the most tragic scenes was when Naomi found out what happened to her mother. (p179) "Grinning and happy," and all smiles standing around a pile of beets? That is one telling. She always gave things is fragments and riddles. Obasan was always teaching Naomi things, and being there for her. Some mornings it isn't clear at all where the edge of the forest or the dust storm is. But a few moments after I say it, I find myself collapsed on the sofa with a sharp pain in my abdomen and a perspiration forming on my forehead. I'm bored to death with teaching and ready to retire. I ended up liking Kogawa's style fairly well, except for the strange dream sequences that she kept putting in. I don't usually like books told in the first person, and I don't usually like books with a lot of description in them. Our wordlessness was our mutual destruction.
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