1. I think that Hideyo really takes on a leadership role in his family, because he thinks he should, due to the fact that they're father is gone a lot of the time. I think that he is just like everyone in his family, scared but hides it well, except Yoko only because she is a kid. I think that Hideyo understands that he needs to take on the father role just because their father is gone a lot. "'Most of my classmates have enlisted,' said Hideyo,serious for once. "I have decided to go to help our country.'"
2. If I would have to leave my home, like the kawashima family did, I don't know what I'd do. I would definetely bring food (i.e. non perishable food items like canned food, etc.). I would bring this because, of course, I would need to eat in order to live and I would not know how long I would be away. I would aslos bring water in closable cups and things like that. I would bring that because, like food, you have to have water in order to live. I would bring an extra pair of clothes. I would bring that in case it gets really cold or in case they get really dirty or wet. I would quickly grab a picture of my family so that I would have something to live and move forward off of. And if there were any time left, I would grab things that were really old and passed on that are somewhat valuable (like my great grandmothers rings that she gave me that were really important to her, etc.). I don't know how I could leave all of those things including my house, but I would have to, which shows that a lot of people have a ton of stuff, which they take for granted, which is hard to say, but it's true.
3. There are a lot of events in this story that shock me, but I'd have to say that worst would be when Ko explained when she saw a girl had been raped and when Hideyo was trapped in the building when he saw his friends being killed right in front of him. They shock me so much because I can't believe that a human would actually do that to another human because of their race. Even if they were all the same race, it would definetly not make it right. There are so many parts in this book where I don't even believe it's a true story because of how un-real it seems, even thought the characters seem real. I wish none of that even happened.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
So Far From the Bamboo Grove OP #2
Posted by Alex H at 6:16 PM
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4 comments:
1: I think thats really true. Hideyo's father is away a lot so he acts in his stead when he is gone. He is the oldest, so I also think he understands the war the most.
2: Wow that was really long... I thik i would take the same stuff. Only what matters though. Nothing extra that would weigh you down.
3: DARN i forgot that part when i did my response! oh well. I agree all the way on that one. That would be absoulutely horrible to witness.
1.) Your right Hideyo's father is away alot, so hes basicaly the man of the house. I think that hes acting that nothing really is going on but I think that what had happened with his firen d he understands it more.
2.) Some of the things that you wrote down that you would take I kind of think that I should have written down because they seem important.
3.) I forgot about that part too but I think that you discribed it well. you reminded me about that part in the book that was soo important.
1: I agree with your statement about how Hidayo acts like a father, because the father is gone a lot.I also agree that his whole family is scared but hides it well.
2: I also agree with what you would bring. I think all of the stuff you would decide to bring are vital to life, and happiness. People do have a lot of things that they take for granted.
3: I think that was a really disturbing image in my head when Ko said she saw that a girl had been raped. It gives me goosebumps that this stuff actually happened to Yoko Kawashima Watkins.
1) i like how you said that hideyo takes on a leadership role in his family because he's the man of the house when his fathers gone and he really has to take care of the family.i think thats why he joined the army, to help everyone instead of only his family.
2)I like how you explaned about why you would bring that item, that really helped me figure out why you wanted to bring that.
3) i agree that would be horrible to witness and she had to see that when she was in a bad mood because of the war.
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