Japanese Internment Camp Rhetorical Analysis

The Author conveys overcoming adversity because the Japanese in the internment camp have to overcome the Caucasians prejudice against them and become the bigger person and look at the bright side of their new situation. The first example of the Japanese overcoming the Caucasians is when the Caucasians lose their hold against the Japanese. “They stood there watching the three jittery privates, who had backed up against the opposite wall, as fearful as these four Japs they had to guard as Kaz and his men were of the unsteady weapons they knew could go off at any moment.” (Page 80) This quote is from right after the riot between the Japanese and the Caucasians. Befor this riot the Caucasians believed that they were better than the Japanese and that the Japanese were fearful of them. After the riot the Caucasians realized that the Japanese are not as scared of them and that they have lost their hold against the Japanese. The …show more content…
Any more sand comes in here through one of them knotholes, you have to eat it off the floor with ketchup.” (Page 25)In this quote Woody is talking to Kiyo about fixing the holes in the walls. Woody is becoming the better person because even though he was thrown into an internment camps he is trying to make it a better place for him and his family. They are overcoming the Caucasians because although they are in an internment camp they are trying to look at the bright side and make it a better place for them.The Author's moral of the story is to show others how even though if someone is being prejudice to their race they should become the better person and overcome that adversity. Just like how the Japanese overcame the Caucasians prejudice by looking at the bright side and becoming the better

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