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“In 1851 about two dozen settlers from Illinois, traveling aboard the schooner Exact via Portland in the Oregon Territory (where they had originally intended to settle), landed at Alki Point in what is now West Seattle.” (Brittanica) Museum of History and Industry photograph collection “A few rooting pigs were slaughtered in 1845…but San Piedro Island generally lay clear of violence after that” (16). Irony is used to contrast the town’s peaceful nature with it’s involvement in WWII. -
Puget sound native Americans were expert fishermen, canoers, and basket weavers. Their time was divided between harvesting good food in the summer, and celebrating religious events and enjoying community in the winter in cabins. (suquamish.nsn.us) Photobomb Suquamish Museum Archives. “Main Street presented to the populace Petersen’s Grocery, a post office, Fisk’s Hardware Center…” (17) This quote uses imagery to explain how Americans colonized Native American land. -
“By the beginning of the 20th century, ethnic discrimination had grown strong…against Asians. An alien land law intended to discourage ownership of land by Asians was not ruled unconstitutional until 1952” (Brittanica). National Museum of American History “Most, though, were contract farmers or sharecroppers who worked in fields owned by hakujin” (126). Guterson uses imagery to show how the alien land laws were effective in preventing Japanese-Americans from participating in upward mobility. -
“In U.S. history the name recalls the surprise Japanese air attack on December 7, 1941, that temporarily crippled the U.S. Fleet and resulted in the United States’ entry into World War II” (Brittanica). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialists 3rd Class Diana Quinlan “The Japanese air force has bombed everything. It is bad for us, terribly bad” (285). Guterson uses hyperbole in this quote to show the extent to which the war has affected American’s perceptions of Japanese. -
“ Japanese American internment, the forced relocation by the U.S. government of thousands of Japanese Americans to detention camps during World War II” (Brittanica). Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. “…they were marched on board the Kehloken, with the white people gaping at them from the hill above, and Gordon Tanaka’s daughter—she was eight years old—fell on the dock and began to cry” (349). Guterson uses imagery to illustrate the collective grief and despair of the Japanese Americans.