https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f Made with the help of a typing monkey en-us 2018-05-09 19:44:53 UTC 2018-05-15 03:23:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Terminator.png aaron_solens https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259439695 #1. How does the speaker suggest that there is a sense of pride about her own roots?

#2. How does the speaker insinuate that one of the battles parents face is the distance which exists between them and their children?

#3. How does the speaker establish a sense of nostalgia throughout the piece and why is that nostalgia significant?]]> 2018-05-09 19:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259439695 eugene_yturralde https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259440238 The speaker shows a sense of pride as they mention to
"Never marry an Okinawan" because "they're not real Japanese" (Otsuka 69).  This shows how the speaker shows pride and preference for pure Japanese to the point where not even Okinawans are good enough. The speaker also makes a diss to other races as they mention to "Stay away from the Chinese", to not "be loud like the Americans" and even to "be careful around the Filipinos". Here, it is clear that there is a very strong sense of distrust for others as well as a strong sense of alienation in the family that eventually will make them want to adapt.



]]> 2018-05-09 19:50:52 UTC https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259440238 aaron_solens https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259440934 "One by one all the old words we had taught them began to disappear from their heads. They forgot the names of flowers in Japanese. They forgot the names of the colors..."(Otsuka 72-73)

"But whenever we heard them talking out loud in their sleep the words that came out of their mouths came out--we were sure of it-- in Japanese." (Otsuka 73)

The first evidence talks about how the kids are cutting off their own culture, and are trying to embrace a new culture. And yet, at night they go back to their old roots, bringing a sense of nostalgia in the eyes of the parents. This nostalgia shows that although the kids are embracing a different culture, they will always have the roots of being Japanese.

]]> 2018-05-09 19:53:16 UTC https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259440934 eugene_yturralde https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259441473 The definiton is when one isolates themselves from their own culture to try to become a different culture. Evidenced by los ninos. Especially by how
"they refused to use chopsticks(Otsuka 75), the text illustrates the growing divide between the kids and parents. The kids are becoming culturally estranged from the culture of their parents. And their parents can only watch as they lose their children to the culture of America.]]> 2018-05-09 19:55:30 UTC https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259441473 nicholas_huerta https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259442320 Throughout the entirety of the passage, it is evident that as the story goes on, the relationship between the mother and her kids becomes more distant and the kids slowly become more independent and adapt to the American culture rather than their Japanese roots.

"They spoke perfect English just like on the radio and whenever they caught us bowing before the kitchen god in the kitchen and clapping our hands they rolled their eyes and said, 'Mama, please."(75)

"They played shadow catch shadow on moonlit nights in the orchards, just as we had back home in Japan."(65)

Both of these quotes show the differences of the children's behavior before they started to separate from their mom. They used to be curious, energetic children, but once they started getting older, they got corrupted by the American standards and started to forget their Japanese roots. They were feeling more American now than Japanese. These thoughts of abandoning Japanese cultures only start once the mother starts sending them off to school to learn instead of work.]]> 2018-05-09 19:58:49 UTC https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259442320 aaron_solens https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259443610 Cultural Shame/Identity/Estrangement

1. Summary/Implications/Connections
   
   

]]> 2018-05-09 20:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259443610 eugene_yturralde https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259444452 When one analyzes "The Buddha In The Attic" by Julie Otsuka, as the family seems to have a history of financial struggle as well as alienation they have developed a strong sense of inequality which leads them to eventually want to adapt to the new culture they are surrounded by in America.


]]> 2018-05-09 20:07:13 UTC https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259444452 juliana_pereira https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259445860 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/japanese-americans-still-grapple-withmixed-legacy/2012/03/02/gIQAN3HEAS_story.html?utm_term=.bc37e80d9e75 

In 1988, the U.S government apologized to thousands of Japanese Americans for displacing them from their homes into camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor. There was an honoring made for Japanese as well as the article points out how over 800,000 Japanese migrated to America more than a century ago. This relates to the reading as many Japanese felt discriminated against and there was a sense of alienation within them. ]]> 2018-05-09 20:13:49 UTC https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259445860 nicholas_huerta https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259516512 What is the writer trying to say through this message/theme? Use evidence from your posters.

• We noticed a pattern in the evidence for (cultural identity, cultural estrangement, us vs. them, dreams) that younger generations tend to want to feel equal, so they adapt to the lifestyle of a common American, rather than valuing their cultural roots as well. They forget about their true culture and only think for themselves of wanting to fit in. They really became ignorant of everything around them and really cut themselves off from everybody else. As they grew "they seemed to slip further and further from our grasp" as they grew up and continued going to school while their parents worked. They soon were to become influenced by the other standards they were to exposed to while at school. This type of exposure caused them to isolate themselves in a way.
  
  

• Through that pattern, we think the author is trying to tell us that keeping family close is extremely important. The kids in Otsuka's poem weren't fortunate enough to have all the time in the world with their parents. They were always out working, and without the help from their parents, they would soon forget about their culture or advise that was given from their parents. Clearly present in BITA, as the kids grew up over time and became smarter, they began to adapt to the lifestyles around them because their mother wasn't their to teach or remind them about what they should or shouldn't be doing.
  
  

]]> 2018-05-10 04:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259516512 aaron_solens https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259581725 "including the loss of cultural norms, religious customs, and social support systems, adjustment to a new culture and changes in identity and concept of self"

Migrating has many stresses, such as the ones above, that cause people to want to fit in. This however, makes them either lose touch with their culture and traditions, or they remain the same but get ridiculed for their differences. This article has to do with both cultural estrangement and cultural shame, as they typically go hand in hand. This ideology of needing to fit in regardless of your roots, is apparent in the text Buddha in the attic, and represented through the kids, who eventually start cutting of their own culture. However, the cultural shame comes from the kids, who dislike their parent's culture and is embarrassed about it. ]]> 2018-05-10 12:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259581725 nicholas_huerta https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259644436 "We need to come back to our roots, define ourselves and find our cultural identity. I believe we are losing our cultural identity, and we need to get it back. Every individual should sing that African song. So many languages and cultures are being eroded, we only know the major ones, what about the others?"

This article by Ijeoma describes her goal and stories to rebuild cultural identity within the youth of this world. She believes that the youth is losing their African cultural identity. If no action is taken to raise her cultural identity, she believes that it will go extinct and be forgotten forever.

This article is significant because it talks about how the new generations have become so enveloped within the more standard cultures around them, rather than their own. This "Americanization" makes kids forget about their real roots and that is Ijeoma's goal. The importance to remember your cultural identity is keen to understand who you really are and what true potential you could hold without even knowing it. This is what defines who you are and that is important to understand.

This connects to Otsuka's poem in a way where Ijeoma is trying to prevent such an instance from happening. Otsuka shows how kids with Japanese heritage soon become ignorant of their own roots and change it to the standards of where they live. The kids in Otsuka's poem represent that of the youth today.]]> 2018-05-10 14:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259644436 eugene_yturralde https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259762727 https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/national/rural-america/?utm_term=.ec9332763b21
As America has industrialized, a cultural divide has started to shaken the cities and countrysides of America. This is not only cultural, as it is evident that everything is different. It is a known fact that countrysides are more conservative and lean to the right. Believing in their own hands and work to make a living, rather than a man in a suit. While cities are more liberal in their politics. This is evidence that as some people are left behind(peeps in the countryside) they become culturally estranged from the rest of the nation. Leaving a divide that cannot be properly healed.]]> 2018-05-10 19:19:44 UTC https://padlet.com/juliana_pereira/62geuwabwk6f/wish/259762727