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Carney, Matthew. “Horrors of the Past Cast Shadow on Okinawa’s Future Battles.” ABC News, 20 July 2015, www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-15/caught-in-the-middle-okinawa-still-battling-japan-and-us/6473054.

“Q & A with Alan Gratz.” PublishersWeekly.Com, 18 Oct. 2018, www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/78345-q-a-with-alan-gratz.html.

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The book Grenade is mostly accurate because it follows the mood of the time period and how people were treated. The book explained how the Japanese treated the Okinawans. It said that they were treating them horribly and with no respect. They didn't think that they were important. In the article, "Okinawa's horrific World War 2", it explained that they didn't treat the Okinawans nicely. It said in the text, "Imperial Japan used Okinawans as a sacrifice." This shows that the book was accurate when it was talking about how the Japanese treated the Okinawans.

I believe that the experiences of the protagonist are accurate, my reasons for believing this is because war is a serious thing and the book involves killing, fighting, and near-death experiences. This time period during WW2 was a serious time period where many lives were taken, the book does represent that. The time period from then and in the book correlates to how people were treated, what people did, and also what happened in the war. I believe that the book Grenade is very similar to the period of WW2. My final reasoning on why I think the protagonist's experiences are accurate to the time period is because the book is based on a true story.

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The book Grenade by Alan Gratz is a problematic book with a lot of conflicts. The book starts with Hideki wanting to participate in the war, he and Ray are very similar, two young boys wanting to fight and protect their country. When the boys of the iron students corp were all gathered they were each given 2 grenades Hideki didn't know when he was going to use it but he wanted to. Ray ended up being shot at by a sniper with Sergeant Meradith and Big John, Ray did not know what he was doing at the time but the sergeant told him to throw the grenade to flush out the sniper, and Ray did. Ray did not kill him but Big John did, he did not understand why he would do this to such a young boy just like him, Ray comes to the realization that there are other boys like him in the war and he can end up dead like any of the other boys. Hideki and Ray continue through the war and continue to face conflict and problems, Hideki ends up finding his dad at the family tomb, his dad is in poor condition and he knows his dad will die, his dad ends up passing away but he gives Hideki a mission, he tells Hideki to find his sister. Hideki starts a new life and is on the hunt to find his sister. Later in the book when Hideki and Ray are both running away from enemy soldiers through a forest they run into each other, by instinct Ray draws his rifle and Hideki grabs his grenade Hideki through his grenade at Ray which knocked them both out, but Ray ended up passing away and Hideki knew it, he has never felt so bad in his life he didn't mean to kill Ray. Ray's mabui was stuck with Hideki because he killed him, Hideki did not know how to get rid of Ray's spirit, and neither did anyone else. Hideki ends up surrendering to the American Soldiers because he has nothing left to give and he is tired of fighting, Hideki finds out that he lost his mabui when he threw the grenade at Ray which is why he felt so sick during the war. Hideki finds his sister and is ready to start a new life with his sister and start new beginnings.

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Minor characters added lots of complexity to the book Grenade. One example of this is Hideki and his father. He finds his father in his family tomb and says "You must find your sister Oto said... find Kimiko and get her to safety." This added complexity because from this point on his goal was to find his sister. Another example of minor characters adding complexity is when they found the Japanese soldier's nest. They had to distract them to get by and get to safety. Hideki goes up and says "The Yamato Hideki said. The big battleship is coming to save us." This added complexity as it got them safely to their next destination. All in all minor characters played a big role again and again in Grenade.

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The book Address Unknown it's about two German friends who buy an Art gallery shortly after Word War 1. Martin then moves to Germany and the other friend who is Max and Jewish stays in America. They began to write letters to each other until Martin becomes anti-Semitic. Martin becomes a Nazi and does not like Max now because he is Jewish.
He says don't talk to him again but Max has to as his sister is an actor who is going to Germany. Max asks "Please watch over her for old-time sake." Martin fails to do this and says how she died and how he couldn't help. This makes Max mad and he starts writing fake code until Martin gets in trouble. By doing this enough Martin is "address unknown."
These two books are similar as they both show how fast propaganda can change someone. In Grenade, it shows how fast the Okinawa people believed the Japanese and how they have to fight and they're gonna win when they had no chance. In address unknown it shows how fast Martin changed due to the Nazi propaganda. They were friends forever then when he moves to Germany he hates him.
They are different texts as in Grenade you always know what they're thinking, but in Adress Unknown, you don't know what they're thinking. The reason for this is that it's in letters and not in dialogue.

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This is a newspaper article that talks about the battle of Japan against the United States. The whole book is about them fighting and the characters have to try to survive. In this article, it talks about the raids that the Japanese go on and how the United States responds. It talks about all the people who died. In the book, there is a lot of death and fighting.

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This is a World War 2 painting. It shows the struggles that they faced in the war. All throughout the book Grenade, there is intense war and people are struggling for survival. The painting gives a depressing mood and you see all of the destruction. In Grenade, it gives you the same feel.