They Called Us Enemy
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- They Called Us Enemyby George Takei
- Exposition
- Rising Action
- Made by Scarlett Bradley
- Climax
- George, Henry, their baby sister and parents lived in Los Angeles. When Pearl Harbor was bombed, the Takei family was forced to leave their home and board trains to camps the officers relocated them to. Many families suffered from this act of the government, including George's family. George and Henry didn't know what was happening, they thought it was a long vacation. Their parents tried their best to keep them happy and healthy, but that was hard to do when they were being shipped across the country because of their heritage.
- Falling Action
- After many long days of traveling, the Takeis' reached a relocation camp. They made the once shabby room a welcoming home where the kids would grow up happily. Each day would be a new day full of adventures in the camp. George and Henry listened to stories of dinosaurs outside the fence of the camp and got in trouble for saying bad words in front of the guards by accident. Some citizens of the camp were eventually sent to a worse camp because they refused to serve in the war. They waited there for a long time and finally heard the new announcement.
- Resolution
- After the devestating unfair change of camps, many families fought back. There were riots, protesting, and violence throughout the village. One day, there was an announcement that the Japanese-Americans sent to the camps were free to leave. Or they were free to stay. The poor people had been taken advantage of, then left on their own. The soldiers who had once guarded the camps, were ordered to leave, and the families who stayed there had no place to go.
- The Takei family discussed where to go. Should they go live with their extended family or back to their cherished city? They finally decided to go back to their home, Los Angeles, but were not sure if they would be accepted there once again, so they sent Papa to confirm their beloved city was still safe. George, Henry, the baby, and Mama all waited at the camp until Papa wrote to them. After another long trip from the camp to LA, the family reunited happily.
- The Takeis tried to find places to live and places to work. They stayed in hotels and shared homes until they could find a house they could live in. Papa got a job helping other Japanese-Americans who were trying to find a place to live, and also worked in a clothing store. When George got older, he worked and told stories about the four years he spent getting mistreated. He got to meet famous people who were interested in his story of being forced to leave his city, making a new home, getting left to live without a starting point in the world, and how his family, the Takei family, made the most of their lives.
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