I cannot
explain the feeling that I felt when I saw the poem. This is simpler then other
poems, however, I think this poem is more deeply than other poems. I could
guess the situation of this period’s Japanese-Americans. They did just usual
things, such as go to school, though they were limited just because they were
Japanese-Americans. I came up some questions when I saw the poem. “What is
Japanese or American?” “What is the nationality?” and “What makes people as a
Japanese or American?” When I see somebody who looks Asian face, I regard them
as Japanese or Chinese. It’s too rude and sad, because I couldn’t find any
answer to the questions, which I came up. I think Japanese-Americans were
suffering from a lot of discriminations and stereotype. I can feel their strong
will and at the same time, I think they persuaded they are American by
themselves.
I went on a totally amazing Southwest trip with my classmates. The trip was my first time to go to the Southwest so everything was new to me. Sarah, Anikke and Bethany came with us. They made our trip more exciting. I’m happy I could go on this trip with them and I had a lot of great experiences. First, I really enjoyed New Mexico. It was chilly but not too cold. I went to the Old Town in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I liked the Old Town because there are many cute things and good restaurants in there. For example, I found a gate that was decorated with a lot of red chili peppers. I had never seen anything like that before so I was very surprised and it looked like a lot of flowers from a distance. The red chili peppers were absolutely gorgeous. Not only that, I found a great restaurant. I forgot the name of the restaurant but they have really delicious Mexican food. They gave me some Mexican chips for free and recommended that I eat the chips with honey. I really like Mexican chip