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Part 1
Obasan is a dark story full of complex emotions felt by all characters, some stay to help which is seen with the narrator or simply run away like the narrators other siblings. I feel that this story requires a historical context in order to understand the source of obasans depression and helps the reader understand her emotional state.
After further research on the interment camps I found that the conditions that Japanese Canadians faced were very similar to some of the labour camps found in the Soviet Union during the time period. We see similar characteristics such as mass housing, the forceful removal of items and property, manual labour and a lack of material luxuries seen in the Soviet camps. This forceful removal of property is seen in the quote “ But many things happen, their is the voice of the RCMP officer ‘I’ll keep that one’ and laughing as he cuts threw the water. ‘Don’t worry I’ll make good use of her.’ The other boats are towed away and left to rot.” We see them working in fields, and the connection obasan has with the possessions she has left when asked to move from her home when her husband dies. This hard life is the main reason why obasan seems so distant and emotionally disconnected with he family and I feel that it is an important theme in the story.
Although it is impossible to truly understand what someone like obasan has been though in her life, this imagery and historical context can give the reader something to research and see the deplorable conditions that she had lived. This further understanding of her emotional pain is a key factor in interpreting her actions and how her relatives and her children interact with her.
Kogawa, Joy. "Obasan." Literature and the writing process. Ed. Karen Alliston. candian ed. Toronto: Pearson education canada, 2005. 3-8. Print.
"living in the camps ." soviet forced labour camps and the struggle for freedom . George Mason University, 2010. Web. 5 Feb 2012. <http://gulaghistory.org/nps/onlineexhibit/stalin/living.php>.
Part 2
Throughout my education I found that the best tip for an essay is to ask for help. I am a science major and have had very little opportunities to write essays as a result and i know the importance of having other people proof read your assignments. No matter how many times you read your own work, or how much time you spent on it their will always be grammar that you cannot see or literary flow that you cannot recognize. These things are small but they make the difference between a good and a great paper. What I hope to impliment is the TEA structure, and hopefully become more confident in this form of writing.
Obasan is a dark story full of complex emotions felt by all characters, some stay to help which is seen with the narrator or simply run away like the narrators other siblings. I feel that this story requires a historical context in order to understand the source of obasans depression and helps the reader understand her emotional state.
After further research on the interment camps I found that the conditions that Japanese Canadians faced were very similar to some of the labour camps found in the Soviet Union during the time period. We see similar characteristics such as mass housing, the forceful removal of items and property, manual labour and a lack of material luxuries seen in the Soviet camps. This forceful removal of property is seen in the quote “ But many things happen, their is the voice of the RCMP officer ‘I’ll keep that one’ and laughing as he cuts threw the water. ‘Don’t worry I’ll make good use of her.’ The other boats are towed away and left to rot.” We see them working in fields, and the connection obasan has with the possessions she has left when asked to move from her home when her husband dies. This hard life is the main reason why obasan seems so distant and emotionally disconnected with he family and I feel that it is an important theme in the story.
Although it is impossible to truly understand what someone like obasan has been though in her life, this imagery and historical context can give the reader something to research and see the deplorable conditions that she had lived. This further understanding of her emotional pain is a key factor in interpreting her actions and how her relatives and her children interact with her.
Kogawa, Joy. "Obasan." Literature and the writing process. Ed. Karen Alliston. candian ed. Toronto: Pearson education canada, 2005. 3-8. Print.
"living in the camps ." soviet forced labour camps and the struggle for freedom . George Mason University, 2010. Web. 5 Feb 2012. <http://gulaghistory.org/nps/onlineexhibit/stalin/living.php>.
Part 2
Throughout my education I found that the best tip for an essay is to ask for help. I am a science major and have had very little opportunities to write essays as a result and i know the importance of having other people proof read your assignments. No matter how many times you read your own work, or how much time you spent on it their will always be grammar that you cannot see or literary flow that you cannot recognize. These things are small but they make the difference between a good and a great paper. What I hope to impliment is the TEA structure, and hopefully become more confident in this form of writing.
