Kogawa wants the reader to feel angry about what happened to Japanese Canadians. Which phrase best
contributes to this mood?
I held the pages down on the steering wheel and scanned
the sheets as the edges flittered in the gusts. There it was
in black and white-our short harsh history. Beside each
date were the ugly facts of the treatment given to
Japanese Canadians. "Seizure and government sale of
fishing boats. Suspension of fishing licenses. Relocation
camps. Liquidation of property. ... Deportation.
Revocation of nationality."
-Obasan,
Joy Kogawa
O "I held the pages down on the steering wheel."
O "... scanned the sheets as the edges flittered in
the gusts."
"There it was in black and white."
O "Seizure and government sale of fishing boats."