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“If there were any Japanese spies around, they’d have gone back to Japan long ago.”

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“America is at war with Japan, and the government thinks that Japanese Americans can’t be trusted. But it’s wrong that we’re in here. We’re Americans too!”

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The Sandlot is a 1993 American coming-of-age baseball film co-written, directed and narrated by David Mickey Evans, which tells the story of a group of young baseball players during the summer of 1962. It stars Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Karen Allen, Denis Leary and James Earl Jones.

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"'It's a terrible mistake, of course,' Father said at last. 'It must be the work of a fanatic. That is, if it really happened.'

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Everyone in interment camp got bored, so they all worked together to make a baseball field, so that they could play baseball.

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Ruri is given a bracelet from her friend as a leaving gift, because Ruri has to go to an internment camp. She is so caught up in her own business, and forgets she has the bracelet, and loses it

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All of these families have moved to a new home where they do not know anybody. This makes them try hard to fit in. One quote that represents this is Ham: "Your killin' me smalls!" This happens when Porky asks smalls if he want a s'more. Smalls does not know what a s'more is and questions Porky about it.

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Benny breaks a ball, and they can't play ball anymore, which causes Smalls bring his step-fathers ball to play with, which he hits into the "beasts" backyard. This ball was also a ball signed by Babe Ruth.

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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, and America declares war against them, which causes all people of Japanese descent in the west to be put into internment camps.

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Esperanza's mom had to grieve over her husband and give up the wonderful life for a dirty one.

Esperanza's mom said
Don't lose hope you never know what it will bring tomorrow"

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Esperanza's uncle kills her father to marry her mother, which causes the Mother to leave with Esperanza to California to work.

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Ruri has a relationship with her family which is caring and loving. The family is much like Yuki's.

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Benny had to make Smalls fit in. Benny also had to face his fear and get the Babe Ruth signed ball from the backyard.

It says in the script that Babe Ruth told Benny "Remember Kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart kid, and you can never go wrong"

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Ken struggled taking care of his family. He also had to make a huge decision at the end of the book whether to join the army or not.

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They all moved some where new and didn't know what was going to happen and they had a hard time making friends. One quote explaining this is Abuelita: "Never be afraid to start over"

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Lived in dirty horse stall that is very small and not fit for humans to live.

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Lived in a nice house with high life qualities, fit for humans. Also lived near baseball fanatics

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Lived in horse stalls which is not fit for humans

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Shorty has a fine relationship with his father. When they move to an internment camp he and other men help build a baseball field.

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Esperanza and her family have a relationship which is very loving. So loving that they pamper Esperanza.

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Everyone in all 5 stories lost something important to them and had to overcome their lost.

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Smalls has a weird family relationship. From his mom telling him to be bad and his step-dad not teaching him how to throw and catch a baseball.

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Lived in horse stalls, also not fit for humans

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Lost her home and was also shipped to an internment camp and lost something that connected her to her friend who was far away from her

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Shorty lost his home and was also shipped to an internment camp

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Lived in a secluded place with no high-life qualities, and small, unfit for human-like houses.

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Smalls lost something that was really important to him and his step-dad
Smalls: "I was gonna put the ball back."

Squints: "But it was signed by Babe Ruth!"

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Yuki lost her Papa and her home and got shipped to an internment camp

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Yuki has a relationship with her family which is very loving. Her family is very respectful and proper

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Esperanza lost her family and her home