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.
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