https://padlet.com/shannon_skeffington/q4tkpdfmqi2a en-us 2017-11-03 14:25:24 UTC 2017-11-05 16:23:46 UTC hello@padlet.com shannon_skeffington https://padlet.com/shannon_skeffington/q4tkpdfmqi2a/wish/203306570 The boy talks about his father before he was sent away to prison and shows how his dad was a nice man and not some criminal that the U.S. thought he was.  He talks about his dad to show the other side of the story and how cruel it was for the U.S. to treat  this man.


]]> 2017-11-03 14:27:06 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_skeffington/q4tkpdfmqi2a/wish/203306570 shannon_skeffington https://padlet.com/shannon_skeffington/q4tkpdfmqi2a/wish/203635382 The boy talks a lot about how his father knew "who would serve them lunch and who wouldn't" meaning he knew the people who would be kind to him and not treat him any differently because he was a different race.  Before the boy talks about his father knowing people who wouldn't judge him, he talks about how his dad would "always be on time and how he  "knew which restaurants would serve him lunch and who wouldn't": This shows us that the boys dad, despite what other people  thought, treated other people  with respect.

ANALYSIS:
The deeper meaning here is the way the boy's father was being treated by Americans and how he treated them. The Americans treated him with little respect during the war. Some restaurants wouldn't serve him lunch because he was Japanese and people didn't want them in their country. His father knew which restaurants would serve him lunch and how he treated the waiters was much different from the way he was treated by Americans. The boy's father "never yelled at the waiters" and this shows respect towards the Americans. However, some people wouldn't serve him lunch because the Americans all thought that he was the same type of Japanese person and didn't think they could be anything other than Japanese at the time.


]]> 2017-11-05 15:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_skeffington/q4tkpdfmqi2a/wish/203635382 shannon_skeffington https://padlet.com/shannon_skeffington/q4tkpdfmqi2a/wish/203636625 The boy took his fathers shoes with him as a reminder that his father will be with him but also because the boy doesn't want to forget his father and how important he is to him and his family.  He wonders what it is like being in prison for his dad.  Whether it is warm cold or anything else.  He looks at the moon and says " the same moon" because he is referencing people all over the world and knowing that we all are alike because we share things no matter what people try to do about it.  The shoes symbolize similarity in other people, for example, China, Lordsburg, or London.]]> 2017-11-05 15:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_skeffington/q4tkpdfmqi2a/wish/203636625 shannon_skeffington https://padlet.com/shannon_skeffington/q4tkpdfmqi2a/wish/203638349 The boy first introduces the Oxfords when he opens up his suitcase and "slipped them over his hands and pressed his fingers into the smooth oval depressions left behind by his father's toes and then he closed his eyes and sniffed the tips of his fingers.  Tonight they smelled like nothing": This is a significant passage because he thinks of his dad and because he hasn't seen him in years he still has his clothes, shoes, etc. to remind him of his dad.

ANALYSIS:
The deeper meaning here is that the boy wants his father back because he believes they are all the same type of people. In the section listed as Oxfords, it talks about how his dad and everyone in the world always look at the same moon. He talks about different places such as "China, Lordsburg, or London" meaning that no matter who you are were are all similar in one way or another.]]> 2017-11-05 15:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_skeffington/q4tkpdfmqi2a/wish/203638349 shannon_skeffington https://padlet.com/shannon_skeffington/q4tkpdfmqi2a/wish/203639977 The boy talks about how his father would come back to greet him. The boy in this part starts to imagine everything and all the possible ways his dad would show up and how he would look or the jokes he would make when his dad walked into his room or came on the back of a horse or say a funny movie line like a character from a movie.]]> 2017-11-05 15:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_skeffington/q4tkpdfmqi2a/wish/203639977 shannon_skeffington https://padlet.com/shannon_skeffington/q4tkpdfmqi2a/wish/203640311 The boy introduces ideas of his father coming home and the many ways he would do so.  He imagines his father as a movie character such as "General Douglas MacArthur" or his father would come one a "bike, train or plane.  Maybe in the same unmarked car that once took him away".  This shows that the boy is thinking about his father coming home when his father is really staying in prison for the rest of his life.

ANALYSIS:
His father in this situation is being Americanized to show that his father is indeed a citizen of this country. You have the typical cowboy riding up to the boy or someone. The boy also thinks or his dad as General Douglas MacArthur a character from an American movie. It proves that even thought the boy and his family are being dehumanized and treated like foreigners, they are not because they are members of the United States.]]> 2017-11-05 15:45:33 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_skeffington/q4tkpdfmqi2a/wish/203640311 shannon_skeffington https://padlet.com/shannon_skeffington/q4tkpdfmqi2a/wish/203643416 These passages are all connected by the truths of how Americans were treating Japanese-Americans during World War II. When the boy first talks about the memories of his father he talks about how his father "knew what restaurants would serve him lunch and which ones didn't", this shows that he knew which type of Americans would isolate him and his family from them as much as possible and which type of Americans would know not to alienate him from the rest of them. This shows that he knew Americans well enough to know which ones didn't like him. The Oxfords have a connection to this subject as well. The reason the Oxfords are significant in this passage is because it talks about how the boy imagines people in "China, Lordsburg, or Japan" wearing those same types of shoes which shows a stereotypical object that maybe only Japanese-Americans wear. The last important piece of the puzzle is the boys father coming home like "General Douglas MacArthur" an American movie actor. The boy also talks about how his father could come back in the "same unmarked car that once took him away" meaning that the American people would have changed their views or outlooks on Japanese-Americans and realize that one day they are alike in many ways.]]> 2017-11-05 16:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_skeffington/q4tkpdfmqi2a/wish/203643416