Juliet s kono internment of japanese
Juliet s kono internment of japanese women.
Juliet s kono internment of japanese
"Internment" poem by Juliet S.Kono questions?
After you guys read this poem can you help me asnwer as much as possible the following questions
"Corralled, they are herded inland
from Santa Rosa.
After a long train ride
on the Santa Fe,
the physical exam,
the delousing with DDT,
the branding of her indignation,
she falls asleep,
Days later, she awakens
in an unfamiliar barracks--
Crystal City, Texas--
on land once a pasture.
Not wanting to,
not meaning to see beauty
in this stark landscape,
she sees, nonetheless,
through her tears--
on the double row
of barbed wire fencing
which holds them in
like stolid cattle--
dewdrops, impaled
and golden.""
Questions: 1/Describe the place where she finds herself upon walking?
2/What words in the first stanza have connotations that suggest that Kono is comparing imprisioned travelers to cattle?
"Corralled, they are herded inland
from Santa Rosa.
After a long train ride
on the Santa Fe,
the physical exam,
the delousing with DDT,
the branding of her indignation,
she falls asleep,
Days later, she awakens
in an unfamiliar barracks--
Crystal City, Texas--
on land once a pasture.
Not wanting to,
not meaning to see beauty
in this stark landscape,
she sees, nonetheless,
through her tears--
on the double row
of barbed wire fencing
which holds them in
like stolid cattle--
dewdrops, impaled
and golden.""
Questions: 1/Describe the place where she finds herself upon walking?
2/What words in the first stanza have connotations that suggest that Kono is comparing imprisioned travelers to cattle?
Find the simile in the second stanza that restates this comparison. How do these words help you to understand the girl's feeling?
3/What did the