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Native Americans of Puget Sound
"The Native Americans of Puget Sound have been known as Puget Salish and Southern Coast Salish, and by various spellings of tribes and reservations such as Duwamish, Nisqually, Skagit, and Snoqualmie." (History.com) “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 what happens when you step foot on the beach. Photo Credit: Native-Languages.org -
European Settlers of Puget Sound
"Explorers in service of Spain, sailed along the Pacific coast of Washington and enter Puget Sound, as did other traders and explorers."(Britannica.com)
"Settlers arrived mostly wayward souls and eccentrics who has meandered off the Oregon Trail. A few rooting pigs were slaughtered in 1845 by Canadian Englishmen up in arms at the border. (Guterson 5-6)."
Guterson explains how European Settlers "discovered" San Piedro Island using their equipment to take over land. Photo Credit: olympiawa.gov -
Alien Land Laws
"California, along with many other western states, enacted laws that banned "aliens ineligible for citizenship" from owning or leasing land. The Supreme Court upheld these laws as constitutional." (immigrationhistory.org) “The law said they could not own land unless they became citizens; it also said they could not become citizens so long as they were Japanese (Guterson 76)." Guterson shows that the Alien Land Laws were so unfair to Japanese Americans. Photo Credit: calendar.eji.org -
Poster of anti Japanese rhetoric during WW2
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Military recruitment and propaganda during World War II
"After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, racist characterizations of Japanese soldiers and citizens flooded the daily lives of most Americans through propaganda and popular media."
(ohiohistory.org) "It was all propaganda, they wanted us to be able to kill them with no remorse, to make them less than people." (Guterson 345) Guterson explains how strong the anti Japanese sentiment is, and how it has affected numerous Japanese Americans and how it pushes other Americans to join with hate. -
Pearl Harbor
"World War II came to the United States of America on Sunday morning, 7 December 1941, with a massive surprise attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy." (history.navi.mil) "At school, all day, there was nothing but the radio. Two thousand men have been killed. Voices were cheerless and sober and suggested a barely suppressed urgency. (Guterson 180)" Guterson describes the experiences and horror Japanese Americans have felt when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Photo Credit: www.aptonline.org -
Japanese Internment Camps
"At the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, about 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry lived on the US mainland, mostly along the Pacific Coast." (nationalww2museum.org) “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 396)." Guterson uses personification since Kabuo has experienced what it was like to live in internment camps. Photo Credit: latimes.com -
Photo of Battle in Tarawa
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Battle of Tarawa
"The Battle of Tarawa was fought November 20-23, 1943, during World War II and saw American forces launch their first offensive into the central Pacific." (thoughtco.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.” (Guterson 167) Guterson uses imagery to picture soldiers thinking that praying would saved their lives, but then lives will still be taken away, proving the praying won't help. -
Dear John Letter (before Battle of Normandy)
"A Dear John letter is a letter written to a soldier overseas by his wife or romantic partner to inform him their relationship is over because she has found another lover." (culture.fandom.com) "I wish you the very best, Ishmael. Your heart is large and you are gentle and kind, and I know you will do great things in this world, but now I must say goodbye to you." (Guterson 442). This shows that Guterson wrote a perfect example of a Dear John Letter. Photo Credit: line.17qq.com -
Photo of Battle in Okinawa
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Battle of Okinawa
"The Battle of Okinawa, also known as Operation Iceberg, took place in April-June 1945. It was the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific theater of World War II." (historynet.com) "The death of Carl Heine, a man who endured the sinking of the Canton and had survived in Okinawa, died in a gill-netting boat accident. (Guterson 47)" Guterson purposely put an ironic statement because Carl Heine survived the sinking of Canton during the Battle of Okinawa, but then later dies in a boat accident. -
Pearl Harbor Memorial
"On May 30, 1962, the USS Arizona Memorial was officially dedicated. The white concrete and steel structure is 184 feet (56 metres) long and spans the wreckage." (Britannica.com) Photo Credit: nps.gov
