tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post1652799224955154832..comments2024-03-28T04:30:40.483-05:00Comments on Lit and Life: All Things In CommonLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05554217416500328610noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-85452221982468121612010-08-01T19:14:50.613-05:002010-08-01T19:14:50.613-05:00I once read a romance fiction that dealt with the ...I once read a romance fiction that dealt with the same theme. I forgot the name of the book but Japanese internment was at its core. It was a shocking thing to read about. To hold the members of a community guilty of a decision they had no part in.Athirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03366654538383603004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-65548229341813575642010-07-16T12:49:40.459-05:002010-07-16T12:49:40.459-05:00I've never heard of "Obasan," Anna. ...I've never heard of "Obasan," Anna. Add another one to the wish list! I guess I wasn't even aware that Japanese Canadians had also been subjected to internment. I love how much I'm learning from comments on these posts!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554217416500328610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-77737891483475395002010-07-16T12:17:43.176-05:002010-07-16T12:17:43.176-05:00I first learned about this issue when I read Obasa...I first learned about this issue when I read Obasan by Joy Kogawa in college. It's about the relocation of Japanese Canadians during the war.Annahttp://diaryofaneccentric.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-53898615453481113042010-07-12T10:40:16.923-05:002010-07-12T10:40:16.923-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Zibileehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05857638467064749190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-42068711346673921582010-07-12T10:37:32.587-05:002010-07-12T10:37:32.587-05:00I haven't read much about internment camps dur...I haven't read much about internment camps during this period of history, but it does sound like a shameful situation from an American perspective. I have heard such good things about Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, but for some reason, I always get it mixed up with The Literary and Potato Peel Society. I think the covers may be sort of similar, but it never fails, I always get those two mixed up!Zibileehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05857638467064749190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-43257840629797451462010-07-12T04:39:19.077-05:002010-07-12T04:39:19.077-05:00Thank you for this review. I remember reading Sno...Thank you for this review. I remember reading Snow Falling on Cedars which touches on the same<br />period of history. Distrust among people, especially in times of national crisis, creates such misery. My reference point is friendship through tutoring Japanese families here in England and my international friendship group from Japan, south Korea, China some of whom lived in America, but are a younger generation. My husband's brother was a POW in England during WWII. He was treated well and stayed on after the war. Through this brother I met my husband.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-59741274979049239442010-07-12T00:03:06.983-05:002010-07-12T00:03:06.983-05:00We did the same here to Germans during WWII.
Unfo...We did the same here to Germans during WWII. <br />Unfortunately we have echoes of similar themes running through Oz society today with our treatment of asylum seekers who come into Oz by boat.<br />Humans are sometimes rally bad at being humane to one another.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625543235578144620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-359831086880734942010-07-11T19:54:04.991-05:002010-07-11T19:54:04.991-05:00This is certainly a part of our history that we ne...This is certainly a part of our history that we need to remember so we never repeat it. It's amazing what people do because of hysteria.bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-2105141815711111452010-07-11T17:49:10.238-05:002010-07-11T17:49:10.238-05:00I'm so glad I finally got to read Hotel this y...I'm so glad I finally got to read Hotel this year and it was everything I expected it to be. Not only did I learn much about this dark period of U.S. history but the story just swept me away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-34646491420605510882010-07-11T17:27:18.252-05:002010-07-11T17:27:18.252-05:00Great post on a subject that I don't is discus...Great post on a subject that I don't is discussed near enough in US History. Another great book is Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas...I read that one right after Hotel.Stacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600979915661464945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-78379624292503803102010-07-11T16:21:29.845-05:002010-07-11T16:21:29.845-05:00I like the Hotel on the Corner of Bitter Sweet. I ...I like the Hotel on the Corner of Bitter Sweet. I understand why people might have been afraid that the Japanese were spies but to sell these people's homes and everything they had without evidence was shameful. We don't do that to convicted felons.<br />Ann<br /><a href="http://www.cozyintexas.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Cozy In Texas</a>Ann Summervillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13300190648788509096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-83021094518867936962010-07-11T12:45:53.042-05:002010-07-11T12:45:53.042-05:00I knew nothing about the internment camps before r...I knew nothing about the internment camps before reading Snow Falling on Cedars about ten years ago. Can remember feeling horrified that something like that happened right here. It is important that these books are written and read...JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-63882187999998445262010-07-11T12:16:00.641-05:002010-07-11T12:16:00.641-05:00Thanks for visiting my blog. When I read this pos...Thanks for visiting my blog. When I read this post I was reminded that I bought Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet but my daughter borrowed it. I'm going to call her and have her bring it the next time she visits. Great post. A good reminder to all of what should never happen again. Looking at the photos makes me sad. There are no trees at the camp. I can't even imagine how frightened the Japanese Americans were.Mary (Bookfan)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00573126476574980169noreply@blogger.com