Mitsuye Yamada: To the Lady This poem is about the sad events that happened after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 11th, 1941. The Japanese-Americans on pacific coast would be lock up in concentration camps and did not resist. Yamada writes about things they could have done. For instance, escaping to another country by any means, like sneaking across the border to Canada or hijacking a plane. Next, she suggest resorting to violence. She then suggest burning in fire while people watch on the news. People have actually done this throughout history to protest. Yamada then goes on to say should have screamed like Kitty Genovese. At least, many people heard Kitty’s screams as she was stabbed over and over. Finally, she puts
