When I saw the poem, I imagined the scene
that Japanese Americans suffered at camps. Some of them would come to America
with hope. However, they were forced to leave their houses for camps and could
not have done things that they really wanted. If they left the camp, it would
be more dangerous than the camp. The way to live required staying at the camp. They
should have stresses at the camp where many people lived and it was sweltering there.
In addition, some children would have suffered from ultimate boredom, took care
of their sibling, and had no parents like Sumiko’s life. They would also be
anxious about when the war finished and when they could return their home. The
poem reminded me again how wealthy my life is compared with those days and how
terrible the war was.
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