Character+Analyzer+Chapters+22-28


 * Character Analyzer**

Chapters 22-28 (Amanda Perkins)


 * Hana**- Hana becomes very depressed in these chapters. Her daughter, Mary, is becoming more distance from her. Then Mary leaves unannounced with her white boyfriend that Hana has trouble coming to terms with. World War II begins and Hana and Taro are faced with trouble. She must get ready for the evacuation to camps that they are forced to go to. Hana has trouble trying to pack her belongs because she does not know if she can take all that she wants. When she is in the camps, it is difficult to ajust to the limited resources that she once had. The daily work that she had done before the evacuation is now a challenge for her to complete.


 * Taro**- Taro is more accepting to Mary when she starts to date a white man. He believes that Mary wouldn't do anything to upset him. Once Mary suddenly leaves, Taro is shocked but knows he cannot do anything to change it. Then when the war starts, Taro faces the issue of what he should do with his shop. Taro knows he must give up his shop when they are to be evacuated to the camps. It is difficult to give up the shop that he has worked very hard for thirty years for only two-hundred dollars.


 * Mary**- Mary becomes distant from her mother. She does not speak to her as much as she did when she was younger. The relation with Hana becomes even more distant because she starts to date a white man that her mother has difficulty accepting. Mary knows that the relation with her boyfriend would not be accepted by her and Joe's parents. This lead her to make the choice of leaving to Reno and getting married. Mary writes letters to her parents but still is distant from them. Mary rejects the offer that Hana gave to help her with her baby. Then when her parents are to evacuate she does offer to have them come, but in the letter she writes in a way that they would be better in the camps with their friends.