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This 9 page paper discusses the novel by Joy Kogawa. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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conflict between cultures, and between generations as well. One of the poets who speaks to the same sort of issues as Ms. Kogawa is Rajinderpal S. Pal. Pal was
born in the Punjab, grew up in London and then moved to Calgary, Canada. Although he has a degree in biochemistry from the University of Calgary, he is also
a poet. He began writing poetry in 1981, "provoked by a return trip to India, and a deep need to come to terms with his relationship with his father,
who was a published poet himself" (Writers for Change). In his work pappaji wrote poetry in a language I cannot read, Pal tries to come to terms with the
immigrant experience, and with issues that span childhood and adulthood, past and present, cross-cultural politics, "loss across generations and migrations across continents" (Writers for Change). His work is similar
in feeling, particularly in its attempt to make sense out of displacement, to Kogawas lyrical novel. About Obasan Obasan is a heart-breaking novel, the story of a grave miscarriage
of justice that is all too familiar. During World War II, as is well-known, the U.S. government rounded up and interned Japanese-Americans for no other reason than the fact
that they were of Japanese ancestry. Less well-known is the fact that Canada did exactly the same thing. Obasan is the tale of this "pernicious lunacy" (Wharton 7:8)
as seen through the eyes of Naomi, who was a four-year old girl at the time. As such, it reveals itself in bits and pieces, as the child re-discovers
her memories and they fall into place. Although the entire book is compelling and there are many scenes that I could have chosen to discuss, the one that draws me
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