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Obasan

to leave. Questions are meaningless. What matters…is…the stillness of waiting for her to return. After a while, the stillness is so much with me that it takes the form of a shadow which grows and surrounds me like air. Time solidifies, ossifies the waiting into molecules of stone, dark microscopic planets that swirl through the universe of my body waiting for light in the morning” (Kogawa 66).

The molestation of Naomi by Old Man Gower symbolizes many of the themes that affect other characters in the novel and her family. When he tries to hold her by her skirt, she says, “It is unthinkable to be held by force” (Kogawa 63). Being held by force is exactly the condition of her family and other Japanese, i.e., their tr

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Obasan. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 02:54, March 29, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1686047.html