The first three sentences describe how the narrator, a Japanese American, trudge in the wild. It is dark everywhere and is snowing heavily. This cold, scary and dark environment is exactly the situation Japanese Americans were facing during the period of anti-Japanese movement. Because of that U.S was in war with Japan, most people in U.S. believed that all Japanese American were potentially spy. Japanese Americans were treated unfriendly and unfairly even though they did nothing wrong. As the minority of the society, they were lacking the power to change how people think about them and were helpless since no one were able to help them. Even if they go to other countries, they were still facing hostility toward them. In contrast, in the second and the third verses, the author presented us a hopeful view of the future. Even when they were under situation like that, they never give up seeking for ways to control their own
The first three sentences describe how the narrator, a Japanese American, trudge in the wild. It is dark everywhere and is snowing heavily. This cold, scary and dark environment is exactly the situation Japanese Americans were facing during the period of anti-Japanese movement. Because of that U.S was in war with Japan, most people in U.S. believed that all Japanese American were potentially spy. Japanese Americans were treated unfriendly and unfairly even though they did nothing wrong. As the minority of the society, they were lacking the power to change how people think about them and were helpless since no one were able to help them. Even if they go to other countries, they were still facing hostility toward them. In contrast, in the second and the third verses, the author presented us a hopeful view of the future. Even when they were under situation like that, they never give up seeking for ways to control their own