There were many difficulties immigrants from Japan faced, one of which is that they felt invisible and were sent to camps to protect the general population of caucasians. During World War II Louie and Miné were both people who felt the repercussions of racism. Many feel invisible or as if no one cares about their wellbeing. Louie felt this when he was abducted and held as a POW. Miné felt this when she became an internee and was forced away from the general population. This just goes to show how amazing the homo sapien is and how it will always bounce back after difficult situations and has a gargantuan drive to stay alive. Japanese-Americans internees and POWs (Prisoners of war) were made to feel …show more content…
Miné is fighting back and trying to be a someone in this country even with the cultural barriers that were being put up. “She took a chance by entering a Berkeley art contest through the mail, and she won. As a result, across the country, the editors of New York’s Fortune magazine saw some of Miné’s artwork.” Miné was not going to tolerate being in a camp all her life so she chose to enter a national contest, and she was nationally recognized. In turn she was given many job opportunities that she was allowed out of her camp for. The Bird was a guard who would beat the prisoners tenfold than any other guards. There was numerous times that the bird beat Louie to unconsciousness and gave him impossible tasks that beating was the punishment for failure. “The conspirators discussed who would join the group that would capture the bird and throw him to his death” The POWs decided to attempt to kill the bird so that they wouldn’t be beaten as much and that they would be safer. The POWs wouldn’t get enough food to maintain good health so they had to take measures into their own hands. “Sometimes darting away to steal vegetables from fields when Ogawa’s back was turned.” The Japanese-American internees and the POWs may have been dehumanized and beaten, but they did not lose hope. The people kept fighting and tried stop this