Hana Omiya is on a boat headed to a new land, the U.S., alone. I think this could be a metaphor for being or feeling alone. You might feel like you are alone on a boat in the middle of the ocean. Later on when she gets to America, all of the Americans are depicted as being practically savages compared to Hana. I think this could be how someone feels in a group of people they don't know. Their actions are unknown and foreign and it is hard to fit in. Later on when she is at church with her husband-to-be, she glances over at the men's side of the church, and a boy notices her. I think this, as well as Americans compared to Hana, represents innocence as Hanna, as opposed to the less proper and more open Americans.
Hana Omiya is on a boat headed to a new land, the U.S., alone. I think this could be a metaphor for being or feeling alone. You might feel like you are alone on a boat in the middle of the ocean. Later on when she gets to America, all of the Americans are depicted as being practically savages compared to Hana. I think this could be how someone feels in a group of people they don't know. Their actions are unknown and foreign and it is hard to fit in. Later on when she is at church with her husband-to-be, she glances over at the men's side of the church, and a boy notices her. I think this, as well as Americans compared to Hana, represents innocence as Hanna, as opposed to the less proper and more open Americans.