Nisei Daughter
Nisei Daughter, by Monica Sone, recalls the author'schildhood as a Japanese girl, growing up in Seattle, duringWorld War II. The book takes a look on how the Japaneseculture was treated in this time. At a young age Monicarealizes she is not like most little girls in America. Japanese were put in interment camps in 1942. But thisisn't the first time Monica notices a difference. She wassmall and in grammar school when the first signs began toappear. She knew she looked different, but she also soundeddifferent at home. At home her family spoke in Japanese. Monica was known to her parents as Kazuko Monica Itoi. Andafter Kazuko was finished with her day at grammar school,she and the rest of the Japanese boys and girls went toJapanese school to learn the native language and etiquette. During a point in Kazuko's childhood, her father is setup by two corrupt police men accusing for father of sellingillegal sake. During dinner a police man interrupted thefamily and told Mr. Itoi that he was the one that wasselling liquor to a bum on the street. The police had beentipped by the bum that a Japanese man, who owned a hotelsold him the alcohol. Kazuko's father did own a hote
Later this difference changes the lives of every Japaneseperson in America. A few days laterKazuko's mother was proven right. Itoi didn't want to feel rude and simply agreed withthe strange woman. The first dayof searching, the two girls were turned down from everyhouse they looked at. The owner of the firsthouse they saw that day said flat out, "We don't want Japsaround here,"(114). Instead ofthe police finding a Japanese man with a history of sellingillegal alcohol they pointed to Mr. Kazuko's father wastrying to prove that he was innocent and instead of theofficer listening, he arrested Mr. Itoi askedher husband, "What's a consul's wife?"(55). Kazuko's father insisted, "Mine? It's not I don'tdrink,"(35). Itoi came to the party, but wasstopped by a woman and asked her to judge a drawing contest. l andowned a hotel, but so did several other Japanese men on thatstreet. This wasimportant to Kazuko because it was one of many times shewould understand why her family is not like other's.
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