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To show their race

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Symbolizes a time of sadness because of the slaves
Anni

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The cat
Giving the cat away having to leave their life behind and giving their life away.
Emma n

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It symbolizes how she has adapted to American culture
-Morgan

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Leaving the money on the counter for joe Lundy symbolizes her following of the rules of America

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Her trying to fit in and trying to be a true American 🇱🇷

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The bird symbolizes herself, she lets the bird go but the bird doesn’t really want to leave
-Alyssa

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This is one of the only thing she has of her Japanese inheritance

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Tchaikovsky’s music they are listening to, because it’s American music or classical music, and the girl plays piano.
EMMA E

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Symbolizes of where they had came from

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The dog symbolizes there life’s getting taken away  nate

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Books

The books are America stuff not from their culture Adam

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The rice is a sign of where she came from and her here race
Because food can be a sign of where you come from

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Killing of the dog is killing is a symbol of killing all of her Americanization

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Cowboy
He tips his hat at the train symbolizing what they don’t know now, them leaving all that they know
Emma n

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The bird is a symbol of leaving their home and leaving things behind.   Matthew

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They show how they have adapted to an American culture and they want to fit in.

Xavier

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He wants to bring the umbrella but he can’t because it’s too big and this shows how little they can actually bring with them when they have to leave. Michael Schmitz

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They symbolize that she is Japanese and it shows where they came from
Ashley

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The music because it symbolizes peace or equality because the women listens to music that Americans usually listen to

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The dog symbolizes how I feel at school

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The wine symbolizes her struggles and what she is trying to go through with her children. It reminds her of her husband and gives her the memories of her husband which is in a camp already without them.

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Symbol of their old life and new beginnings they have been through Ellie

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Listening to western music shows how they’re westernized and adapted to the culture. - Jenna

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When the mom puts the bird outside of the window and lets it go and tells it to fly away symbolizes how they are going to be leaving their home and their lifestyle. It also shows how the family feels about leaving their home they don’t want to go but they are going to have to leave eventually.
Mckayla

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Baseball is an American sport, shows how they have changed to fit in
Madison

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They symbolize the freedom when they are either killed, or when the bird is set free from it’s cage.
Trinity

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The dog is a symbol of life, the white dog was very old and when she killed it, it was finally at peace.
-Alyssa

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Shows how westernized she is, even with religion

Bennett

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It was the only book she didn’t pack up and put into storage
-Morgan

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Is a symbol of their old life and by killing it they’re leaving their home behind
-Calvino

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She reads those books to learn about America history and she wants to learn about democratic stuff

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The painting is a symbol of how hard they work to make a life in America.
Karalyn

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Symbol of how Westernized they are. They do not have Japanese art on their walls.
Changas