John Okada-NO BOY

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Talen Tupper Mr. Mulder AIMS Intro to Literature B 17, may, 2024 The fear over the U.S. pushed for drastic actions. In 1869, the first known Japanese immigrants to the U.S. settled near Sacramento. In 1913, the Alien Land Law prohibited Japanese from owning land in California and also imposed a three-year limit on leasing of land. Then, in 1924, the Immigration Exclusion Act halted Japanese immigration to move to the U.S. Then, in 1941, the U.S. entered World War II after Pearl Harbor on December 7. In 1942, Executive Order 9066 of February 19th authorized the relocation and internment of anyone who might threaten the U.S. war effort. The main argument presented in John Okada’s NO - NO BOY is how Japanese-American lives were very different …show more content…

Ichiro learned one of many courses of action after the loyalty questionnaire for the people who answered no. The Japanese-Americans who answered no or yes will still deal with “One of the most damaging results of the registration crisis was the artificial division of Japanese Americans into "loyal" and "disloyal" categories. Debates continue to rage today about how to shake the stigma and misunderstandings that resulted from the registration crisis and subsequent segregation of the incarcerated population.” (Cherstin M. Lyon) Japanese-Americans who asked yes to the Loyalty questionnaire served the US, but in NO-NO Boy “It is not enough that they must willingly take up arms against their uncles and cousins and even brothers and sisters, but they no longer have respect for the old ones. If I had a son and he had gone, “In the American army to fight Japan, I would have killed myself with shame.”(John 23) The Japanese-Americans who were in the army were outcast by their parents. On the other side, Japanese-Americans who said no were outcast by their friends like when No No Boy said, “"Rotten bastard. Shit on

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