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“Major groups or tribes of local Native Americans include the Suquamish, Duwamish, Nisqually, Snoqualmie, and Muckleshoot evolved complex cultural, social, and economic structures…” (www.historylink.org) “Its members were murdered almost immediately upon setting foot on the beach by a party of Nootka slave raiders.” (Guterson 7) David Guterson uses imagery to describe the environment of stepping foot in the war zone. Photo link https://images.app.goo.gl/KjBZahHJUo8pzPtTA
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“Europeans explored what is now Seattle and encountered members of the Nootka, Suquamish, Duwamish, etc peoples. They remained peaceful.” (www.thenewstribune.com) " Settlers arrived-mostly wayward souls and eccentrics who had meandered off the Oregon Trail.” (Guterson 7) Although speaking about another location/time, the author explains how people migrated and their emotions while doing so. Photo link: https://images.app.goo.gl/1b2zKEFotf6embfG9
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“Most often associated with western states' attempts to limit the presence and permanence of Japanese immigrants from 1913 through the end of World War II" (encyclopedia.densho.org) “Let it be known that this court is not concerned with any perpetrators of violations against our state’s now blessedly so defunct Alien Land Law” (Guterson 62) The court and its people are not interested and are trying to annihilate the Alien Land Laws. Photo link https://images.app.goo.gl/zfZEkSpLbG15HdnT7
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“The attack on Pearl Harbor was the culmination of a decade of deteriorating relations between Japan and the United States over the status of China and the security of Southeast Asia…”(www.nps.gov) “He remembered, too, his father's face, and the sword his father kept inside a wooden chest in the days before Pearl Harbor.” (Guterson 82) Ismael is remembering his Father’s emotion and special object.
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“Propaganda was a crucial element in WWII because it recruited young men, helped conserve resources, and unified the country around the War effort. Posters appealed to the viewer’s emotions.” (Smore.com) “Ishmael Chambers trained as a marine rifleman with seven hundred and fifty other recruits at Parris Island, South Carolina, in the late summer of 1942” (Guterson 114) The author describes how many men were recruited (including Ishmael) from different areas around America to serve in WWII.
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“Japanese American internment, the forced relocation by the U.S. government of thousands of Japanese Americans to detention camps during World War II...”(www.britannica.com) “These were boys from the internment camps, enlistees headed for the European theater, and among them, Sergeant Maples recalled, was the defendant, Kabuo Miyamoto.” (Guterson 137) The Japanese children were already being forced out, Kabuo being included. Photo link: https://images.app.goo.gl/c4UX21aKZdmMBtMG9
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“A three-day fight (Nov 20-23) on the Pacific Theater of WWII. This battle was one of the first stepping stones to Japan. Nearly 6,400 Japanese, Korean, and Americans died.”(www.history.com) “There were guys who prayed at Tarawa. They still got killed, Mother. Just like the guys who didn’t pray. It didn’t matter either way.” (Ismael) (Guterson 167) Ismael is numb and has no hope because he knows the war will be destructive, and praying will not help.
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A letter was written by a wife or girlfriend stating they want to end the relationship. Many soldiers received this. “I don’t love you, Ishmael. I can think of no more honest way to say it. From the very beginning, when we were little children, it seemed to me something was wrong.” (Guterson, 493) Hatsue is telling Ishmael that she does not love him anymore. Photo link: https://1940s.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Dear_John1-300x219.jpg
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“This battle was fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army Forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. About 110,000 Japanese soldiers lost their lives.”(www.history.com) “Carl Heine, a man who had endured the sinking of the Canton and who, like Horace himself, had survived Okinawa only to die” (Guterson 76) A person can risk their lives for their country but do not get the respect and honor they deserve. Photo link: https://images.app.goo.gl/caS74UgFAY9eV8WG8
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“This Memorial was built in 1962 located in Honolulu Hawaii, with over two million people visiting it annually. People can pay their respects to the over 2,000 people that died.”
(www.nps.gov) Photo link https://images.app.goo.gl/KRhQ1gYUCgkKtiE67
