Part one of term paper
“Even with all the mental anguish and struggle, an elemental instinct bound us to this soil. Here we were born; here we wanted to live. We had tasted of its freedom and learned of its brave hopes for democracy. It was too late, much too late for us to turn back.” (Sone 124). This statement is key to understanding much of the novel, , ...

Part two of term paper
... as an attempt to describe the confusion experienced by Japanese Americans torn between two cultures. First, and most obvious, Monica Sone accounts for, in an autobiographical manner, the important events and situations in her life that helped create her self-identity. She recounts an event at the age of five, when she found out that she, “had Japanese blood.” This recognition would spark the chain of many more realizations to come. Sone describes the relationships she had with her parents ...