During pages 113-115 we see a shift from scene to scene transitions back to moment to moment transitions. How does this shift display the significance of their responses to the loyalty questionnaire by Jack Kelleher

Ashleigh U.

2024-04-12 12:35:32 UTC

In the last 2 panels of page 115, the shift from panel to panel shows the prejudice and racism against Japanese Americans and their response to the questionnaire. The graphic changes from the Japanese Americans behind the fence of the internment camp, to another depiction of them behind the fence, but with the Japanese Empire flag behind them, painting them as "loyal citizens" to the emperor of Japan.

Megan

16174142 — 2024-04-12 12:35:38 UTC

The shift in the panels goes from seeing symbolic American topics such as war gravestones, the American flag and FDR's speech. The split between scenes is to create more attention to each American moment to symbolize what pledging their loyalty to America would mean. By dragging out this moment, it adds a dramatic touch to the scene and it creates importance for George's parent's answers.

Anne S

2024-04-12 12:35:39 UTC

The shift from scene to scene back to moment to moment transitions displays how the parents are thinking about the big picture and what it will mean for their family. The darker shading around the family on page 115 displays not only how it is night, but also gives the reader a feeling of fear or dread about what is to come.

Jon N

2024-04-12 12:36:16 UTC

Highlighting the parents' choice of answer no to each of the infamous questions on the questionnaire foreshadows how this will change their life in the camp- likely for worse.

Allison kim

18078611 — 2024-04-12 12:36:27 UTC

the scene to scene transitions establish the atmosphere of the situation but when the focus changes to how its affecting the the characters the story moves to moment to moment transitions. It shows the burden the questions had on the adults.

Maddie S.

2024-04-12 12:36:52 UTC

It helps to narrate the story while also giving the reader context and insight to how people felt. The last two panels on pg 115 show the people in the camp behind barbed wire and that helps the reader understand why the parents marked no on both questions. The moment to moment effect illustrated the prejudice that they felt in the camp.

Noah Loynab

1625756_1 — 2024-04-12 12:37:05 UTC

The shifts display the prominence of their responses as it delves into both perspectives - not only the perspective of the Americans, who support the questionnaire, but also the Japanese, who are responding to it.

Riley

2024-04-12 12:37:17 UTC

The scene-to-scene transitions are significant because they indicate that big things are happening and time is passing. When they shift back to moment-to-moment, big things are in fact still happening but it's a moment of choice. The moments shown, where George's parents selected "no-no" were incredibly difficult and continued to affect them for the next few years.

Kira

2024-04-12 12:37:20 UTC

The shift signifies how impactful of a moment this was for George's parents and the future of their family. When big (and usually scary) moments happen, they seem to happen in slow motion. Having each and every moment in this scene highlighted demonstrates that feeling, and tells the reader that this is an important decision to pay attention to.

Ella

1716573_1 — 2024-04-12 12:37:42 UTC

On page 15, the last 2 panels have a shift in the background, describing how no matter what they answer from the questions, none of them were actually considered full Americans to begin with. In answering yes, that would mean that they have an allegiance to give up in the first place, even though most had never set foot outside of the US.

Skylar

2024-04-12 12:37:43 UTC

The panel of the gravestones followed by the panel with the coffin explains why FDR was willing to allow Japanese soldiers to fight when he was unwilling before. The US needed more soldiers because they were losing so many. This also foreshadows the soldiers' fate of potential death by entering the war.

Lauren

15480981 — 2024-04-12 12:37:48 UTC

The shift displays the significance of the whole ordeal. The moment to moment allows us to see small details and facials. This is significant because it allows us to see that sometimes the small moments or details are the most significant. The scene to scene allows us to see longer moments. This allows readers to see how impactful specific scenes are. One of the last scenes on page 115, allows us to see how petrified George's parents are after answering two no's on the alliance survey.

Giancarlo

2024-04-12 12:37:59 UTC

The scene transitions from free Americans to imprisoned Japanese people, in between the transition it shows the two loyalty questions both being checked no, this represents the idea that if both questions are answered no then you will be imprisoned.

Laurel

2024-04-12 12:38:00 UTC

The shift in the first two panels of page 115 shows the significance of the loyalty questionnaire by focusing on their family and how their choice is affecting them personally. Then, in the last two panels it focuses on the racism that America had against them and how they were put behind barbed wire.

Anthony

2024-04-12 12:38:00 UTC

This displays the significance of how the parents are thinking. Highlighting the last two scenes on 115, the difference and stature of the two scenes shows how trapped they really are.

RJ

2024-04-12 12:38:05 UTC

Pages 113 and 114 use scene to scene transitions which shows that these pages are about more broad topics and on a national scale. Page 115 uses moment to moment transitions to convey that this page is of personal importance and is on a much smaller scale.

Daniel

2024-04-12 12:39:03 UTC

We see the very static frame choices on page 113, and then shifting to 114 we see a partially slashed frame, creating tension in the scene. As the parents answer the questionnaire we see a heavy amount of shading fall over the page. and highlighting the "Nos" in the text. We then see a very uniformed double image of people standing behind barbed wire, at the bottom of page 115.

Leeban

18821181 — 2024-04-12 12:39:15 UTC

The shift in the panels is going from shots of FDR to wide shots of Japanese Americans to shots of George's parents. These shifts show how personal and deep these 2 questions cut into the identity of George's parents. These moments that the Graphic Novel is shifting through is being contrasted to the life of Mr. and Mrs. Takei, and how influential these questions will be on their life.

Anasofia

2024-04-12 12:39:24 UTC

This shift displays the significance of the responses to the loyalty questionnaire by portraying how they felt in regards to answering "yes" on the questionnaire. On the last panel on page 115 it represents how unfair the situation they were in was and how it would feel to pledge their loyalty to the country even though they're locked up.

Victoria

2024-04-12 12:39:26 UTC

The families responses are shown through first seeing the American flag and how it represents freedom and liberty into the harsh reality of serving your life.

Mikaela

16188201 — 2024-04-12 12:40:17 UTC

The shift from talking and seeing moments of important historical topics to the thought process of these questions. It shows that the parents are thinking ahead and how it will affect them if they say yes or no. They were saying no, they were not giving up their heritage and loyalty. On the other hand, they were seen as no-no's which was a negative thing

Amenah

2024-04-12 12:45:20 UTC

Pages 113 and 115 show each perspective of what it means to be an American, one being with all these symbols such as the American flag and graveyards for war heroes, while the other shows a Japanese flag, with all the people stuck in the camps, even though they are all in fact true American citizens.