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Obasan

Obasan

The novel starts in the seventies with Naomi a teacher in 
Northern Alberta finding out that her uncle has died. When Naomi returns 
home to console her Aunt Obasan, she begins to relive the difficulties of 
her life. She recounts the struggle against the government and 
themselves while trying to stay in Vancouver. Naomi is very small at the 
time of the war and did not really fully understand what was happening to 
her race. The novel recounts the struggle of Naomi’s Aunt Emily to 
ensure that her family would be together in whatever place they were sent 
to. Aunt Emily wanted to head east to Toronto, but was unable to get the 
documentation for the entire family which included her sister children, 
who she was taking care of. The novel discuses the camps that the 
Japanese families were sent to in Hastings Park during the war. It 
described the treatment the families received while there, including the 
lack of food and the smell of manure. Naomi during this time was being 
sexually molested by her next door neighbor and did not tell anybody 
about this. Naomi seems resentful during the novel, as she comes across 
as a quiet little

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