Genre
Memoir
Setting and Context
Set in 1973 and written in the context of Jeanne's life history
Narrator and Point of View
First-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Horrific, tense, distressing, and pessimistic
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist is Jeanne.
Major Conflict
There is a conflict between Jeanne’s expectations and the Japanese culture that she is expected to learn.
Climax
The climax is when Papa rejoins the family in the camp.
Foreshadowing
The tribulations Jeanne and her family go through are foreshadowed by the war that forces Japanese Americans to be taken into camps.
Understatement
The negative impacts of war are understated.
Allusions
The story alludes to the devastating effects people go through during the war.
Imagery
The camp where Jeanne and her mother are taken is described using sight imagery. For instance, the camp was hurriedly built and could not host a huge influx of people. Similarly, the camp does not have adequate resources.
Paradox
The dramatic irony is when Papa rejoins the family, but he is alcoholic and distressed.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The camp is used as a metonymy for unsafe haven.
Personification
N/A
