Literature
• What are your favorite lines or quotes? Copy them in your blog and explain why you like them.
• What clues did the author use to help you predict what was going to happen later?
• What were some of the events that created conflict in the story?
• Would you like to read more books by this author? Why or why not?
11/14/2017
Eva:
My favourite lines from page 72-107 are "Henry half-expected to feel happy about disrupting their plans, but all he felt was exhausted relief, and guilt. [Henry]'d never disobeyed his father so blatantly. But he had to" (Ford 90). I love this quote because it shows the major theme(character development and coming of age), and Henry has became more mature. Henry is no longer timid about getting in trouble, and he does what he believes is right instead of blankly following the authorities' orders. I believe that he was strongly influenced by Keiko, and he changes in a surprising way. He disrupts his dad and Chaz's dad business meeting by translating the wrong things. Henry was relieved that the meeting was over, and at the same time, he was guilty that he lied and disobeyed his dad. Ford's writing style makes this quote more powerful than it already is. The last short sentence mirrored what was happening to Henry, and it was strongly emphasized.
Ford wrote about the Japanese Americans burning family photos in order for them to be safe. It is a foreshadowing of how the Japanese people will get arrested more often and they have to live very carefully. Keiko called the Japanese people prisoners at night because of the curfew, and this is also foreshadowing because soon the Japanese people would be official prisoners, moved to Camp Harmony then later to a permanent concentration camp.
Nick:
My favorite line in the book is from page 261. It comes right after Henry proposes to Ethel as the news spreads of the Japanese surrender. "Henry saw what he most wanted, and most feared. Standing across the street, staring directly at him, were a pair of beautiful chestnut brown eyes...but it couldn't have been Keiko; she'd have written" (Ford 261). In this quote, Henry is projecting what he thinks Keiko would have felt if she saw what was happening in that situation. He is projecting what was in his heart into this image.
I love this quote because it fills me with such curiosity and it is an amazing piece of writing. First of all, could it have really been Keiko? Henry says that she would have written, but it would have been amazing if it had been. We find out later that she was still in Camp Harmony, but a mind can wonder. I think that the intent was to portray the side of Henry that wanted to wait for Keiko and not get married to Ethel. Either way, it is a magnificent piece of literature.
• What clues did the author use to help you predict what was going to happen later?
• What were some of the events that created conflict in the story?
• Would you like to read more books by this author? Why or why not?
11/14/2017
Eva:
My favourite lines from page 72-107 are "Henry half-expected to feel happy about disrupting their plans, but all he felt was exhausted relief, and guilt. [Henry]'d never disobeyed his father so blatantly. But he had to" (Ford 90). I love this quote because it shows the major theme(character development and coming of age), and Henry has became more mature. Henry is no longer timid about getting in trouble, and he does what he believes is right instead of blankly following the authorities' orders. I believe that he was strongly influenced by Keiko, and he changes in a surprising way. He disrupts his dad and Chaz's dad business meeting by translating the wrong things. Henry was relieved that the meeting was over, and at the same time, he was guilty that he lied and disobeyed his dad. Ford's writing style makes this quote more powerful than it already is. The last short sentence mirrored what was happening to Henry, and it was strongly emphasized.
Ford wrote about the Japanese Americans burning family photos in order for them to be safe. It is a foreshadowing of how the Japanese people will get arrested more often and they have to live very carefully. Keiko called the Japanese people prisoners at night because of the curfew, and this is also foreshadowing because soon the Japanese people would be official prisoners, moved to Camp Harmony then later to a permanent concentration camp.
Nick:
My favorite line in the book is from page 261. It comes right after Henry proposes to Ethel as the news spreads of the Japanese surrender. "Henry saw what he most wanted, and most feared. Standing across the street, staring directly at him, were a pair of beautiful chestnut brown eyes...but it couldn't have been Keiko; she'd have written" (Ford 261). In this quote, Henry is projecting what he thinks Keiko would have felt if she saw what was happening in that situation. He is projecting what was in his heart into this image.
I love this quote because it fills me with such curiosity and it is an amazing piece of writing. First of all, could it have really been Keiko? Henry says that she would have written, but it would have been amazing if it had been. We find out later that she was still in Camp Harmony, but a mind can wonder. I think that the intent was to portray the side of Henry that wanted to wait for Keiko and not get married to Ethel. Either way, it is a magnificent piece of literature.
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