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U.S. Minority Literature Week 4b

U.S. Minority Literature Week 4b. Close Reading papers back!. Active/Passive Voice. Active: I aced my English 50 paper. I (subject) is doing the acing (verb) Because the subject does or "acts upon" the verb in such sentences, the sentences are said to be in the active voice. Passive:

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U.S. Minority Literature Week 4b

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  1. U.S. Minority LiteratureWeek 4b

  2. Close Reading papers back!

  3. Active/Passive Voice Active: • I aced my English 50 paper. • I (subject) is doing the acing (verb) Because the subject does or "acts upon" the verb in such sentences, the sentences are said to be in the active voice. Passive: • My paper was aced. • My paper (subject) are being aced (verb) Because the subject is being "acted upon" (or is passive), such sentences are said to be in the passive voice.

  4. The boy was bitten by the dog.

  5. The dog bit the boy.

  6. Resources for Active/Passive Voice • Purdue Owl’s Online Writing Lab • Grammar Girl

  7. Each Burden of Proof = Topic Sentence • Ryan Gosling is the best actor of our generation because he captures the ideals of our time on and off screen. • Burdens of Proof: • What makes the best actor? • What are the ideals of our time? • Who is Gosling, and how does he adhere to these ideals? • Counterargument: No he’s not.

  8. “No No Boys” • In 1943, War Relocation Authority officials produced a questionnaire to determine loyalty to the U.S. It is called the "loyalty questionnaire”: • Question 27 asked whether an individual would be willing to serve in the armed forces (or, for women, the Auxiliary Corps) • Question 28 asked them to forswear their allegiance to the Emperor of Japan. • If Japanese Americans answered “No” to both, they became the “no-no boys”

  9. The U.S. justifies the internment of Japanese by claiming the U.S. was in danger of Japanese Americans spying for Japan • More than two thirds of those interned were American citizens and half of those were children. None had shown disloyalty to the nation.  • During the entire war, 10 people were convicted of spying for Japan. All were Caucasian.

  10. Conversation between Ichiro and Kenji “It’s not important how I lost the leg. What’s important are the eleven inches.” “I don’t understand that about the eleven inches.” “That’s what’s left”… (60)

  11. Why would Ichiro trade with Kenji? Keep this question in mind.

  12. “I have made a mistake and I know it with all the anguish in my soul. I have suffered for it and will suffer still more. Is it not just then that, for my suffering and repentance, will I be given another chance? One steal and goes to prison and comes out a free man with his debt paid. Such a one can start over. He can tell himself that the mistake which he has made has been made right with the world…” (82)

  13. How does the U.S. government see the “no no boy”? How does this impact how black people see the “no no boy” or the Japanese American in general? How does this impact how Japanese people see the no no boy?

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