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" Major groups or tribes of local Native Americans include the Suquamish, Duwamish, Nisqually, and Snoqualmie tribes."(www.historylink.org)
"Arthur, the youngest, was the only on to remain on Puget Sound" Guterson, David (pg. 32)
David Guterson uses imagery to show us the readers back ground research of where it taking place.
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". Soon other European explorers arrived including British Captains James Cook in 1778 and George Vancouver in 1792. He discovered and named Puget Sound and claimed the area for Britain."
" they met in Seattle five years before the Great fire; the youngest was the only one to remain in Puget sound' (Guterson 32)
Daivd Guterson shows imagery by showing us the background of where they came from in Washington which is where Puget sound areas is at.
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"Laws of individual states that limited land ownership by noncitizens, particularly Asian immigrants "(immigrationtounitedstates.org)
"We're not such pauper as to sell to Japs" (Guterson 119)
David Guterson shows foreshadows how race will have an effect on the views people have on specifically Japanese later in the book.
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"A “Dear John” letter is a letter that a woman writes to either her husband or her boyfriend when she wants to tell him that she wants to end their relationship."(1940s.org)
"Now she stood with this letter in her hand-a letter a hakujin boy had sent to her daughter about love this boy" (Guterson 180).
David Guterson uses the metaphor of Dear John letter with Ishmael and Hatsue.
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"It wouldn't be until the surprise attacks on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 that the United States would be thrust into World War II."(www.history.com)
" It was all propaganda, Ishmael added. They wanted us to be able to kill with no remorse, to them less than people." (Guterson 272)
David Guterson shows imagery and dialogue by give us a quote from Ishmael on how propaganda change a person's mindset.
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"Following World War II, Pearl Harbor remained the homeport of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, supporting naval operations during the Korean and Vietnam Wars."(www.history.navy.mil)
" Remember Pearl Harbor-It could happen here!"
David Guterson uses these words to foreshadow fear and racism that will from this event towards Japanese. -
"Japanese internment camps were established during World War II by President Franklin Roosevelt through his Executive Order 9066"(www.history.com)
" composed of Nisei boys-began training at camp shelby. These were boys from the internment camps."(Guterson 224)
David Guterson gives us this dialogue to show us the character background and can also be characterization.
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"In the Battle of Tarawa (November 20-23, 1943) during World War II (1939-45), the U.S. began its Central Pacific Campaign against Japan by seizing the heavily fortified."(www.history.com)
"All three of them made the seawall unharmed and crouched there watching Eric Bledsoe; his knee had been shot away."(Guterson 195)
David Guterson uses imagery to show us how horrifying it was to be at war and it shows how it was at the battle at Normandy.
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"The Battle of Okinawa (April 1, 1945-June 22, 1945) was the last major battle of World War II, and one of the bloodiest. On April 1, 1945 Easter Sunday the Navy’s Fifth Fleet and more than 180,000 U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps troops."(www.history.com)
"He swam back behind the LCP with three dozen other soldiers"(Guterson194)
Guterson uses imagery to show how it would have been during the actual war. Photo by -
"To commemorate the many lives lost during the attack, the Pearl Harbor National Memorial was constructed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickman on Oahu Island in Hawaii. ."(www.nationalparks.org)
"The Japanese are attacking all over the place, not just Pearl Harbor"(Guterson144)
David Guterson uses foreshadowing to show us how the event of the bombing will affect the course of the story of how Japanese will be look at. Photo by www.nps.gov
