Final Thoughs on When The Emperor was Divine

   When the Emperor Was Divine is a book that most people can relate to. Right after the bombing of Pearl Harbor the Japanese-Americans were treated very poorly. People were afraid of them because they thought that all Japanese-Americans were spies and were planning more attacks. So they took them and put them into camps. One of the connections that I made while reading was that it was similiar to what happened in Europe to the Jews. They were sent into concentration camps and treated very harshly as people. It didnt matter who they were, all the Jews were treated the same. You can also say the same after 9/11 happened. Arabic and Muslism people are looked at differently because of this incident.
   It shows you how easily people are sterotyped today. Just because someone is a parrticular religion, race or gender does not mean that they should be discriminated or treated differently. But unfortnitley that is not how it works in todays society. People are faced with the challenge of overcoming racism.
  One thing that occured in the novel that I disagreed with was that she hid what was going on from her children. I am not sure where in the book it is but she says, "we are going on a trip." I dont think it is right for her to hide it from her children. I think its her way of not facing the truth and the reality of the situation.

Push

I must say that this was not one of my favorite books that we read this semester. The content of the book waas very hard to get through. Just because even thinking about how a father good do this to his child. Better yet how the mother could sit back and not do anything. Knowing what her husband was doing to their own child. I felt that the text was quite graphic and at times hard to read.
  With that being said I wonder if Precious mother was treated like this as a child and therefore that is why she allows this to go on in her house. The mother must have gone through some sort of trauma in her own life to allow this to continue.
  I found it hard to wrap my head what was going on at times. I have never seen the movie so maybe thats why it was so shocking for me. I'm not sure if the movie shows in detail as much as they do in the book. But after reading the book im not sure if i want to even attempt the movie.

Push By: Sapphire

One of the themes I found through out the book was courage. Precious is faced with many internal struggles through out this book. First being molested by her father and having not one but two children by him and being abused by her mother. I think that this is why Precious reacts the way she does when people try to help her. She doesnt know what a good person is, or when they have good intentions.
     She has been through so much physically, mentally and emtionally. Being abused by both her parents her whole life has lead her to lash out in ways towards others. Precious shows courage by dealing with all of this. Even though the situation is lousy, it could be worse.

FunHome Blog

One of the themes that I notived in this novel was struggling to find their identity. In this book the father, is dealing with an inner struggle to find his sexual identity. Even though he is married and with a family you get the idea from his behavior that he isnt happy. I would question the fathers motives for staying in his marriage and committed to his family. I think he did this because of societal views and opinions. Not everyone is accepting towards scenarios like this. Not just what the father was doing but in general.
   The struggle to find his own identity and to be comfortable in his own skin. I found this concept to be releated to Eve Enslers I am an Emotional Creature. That book talks about how girls struggle to deal with coming into their own skin and finding out who they are. This is the definite age for teens, not just for girls but fot boys as well.