![]() ![]() ![]() This heartfelt story highlights the themes of family, sacrifice, and empathy. George’s later successes as an actor, activist, and author force him to reflect not only on his time in the camps but also on his understanding of his parents and their situation. When will the war end? How long will Japanese Americans suffer under this legalized racism? Will George, his family, and the other 120,000 Japanese Americans in internment camps ever be able to return home?Īs he grows older, George angrily questions how his parents and so many other Japanese Americans could have let this happen. Unable to grasp the injustices that George, his family, and other Japanese Americans are being forced to endure, George describes his joyful, yet troubled boyhood in two of America’s ten internment camps.Īs George and his family adjust to life in the internment camp, George cannot help but notice the anguish and anxiety his parents and families around them are experiencing. ![]() While George knows there is a war against the Japanese, he does not understand why he and his family are being forced to leave their home. ![]() Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans are forced into internment camps. ![]()
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