Literary illuminator Response #5

       Page #: 181
Simile: Hurtling out and down, like a Canada goose shot from the sky.

       Page #: 182
Simile: I felt it, too, like a chill from lingering too long at a drafty window.

       Page #: 185
Simile: He'd crossed the space between us and scooped me up as if I were a little kid.

       Page #: 192
Simile: I wrote of Mom's eyes melting like wax.

      Page #: 194
Simile: Tears fell like rain.

      Page #: 200
Simile: Him in the middle of some terrible battle where men on both sides fell like ripening cherries in a hail storm.

      Page #: 218
Simile: The words flooded out, but they hit like separate waves: crashing, crashing, crashing.

Literary Historian Response #3

In any of the internment camps anyone seventeen and older had to complete a questionnaire it was not that bad except for questions 27 and 28. Question 27 was, are you willing to serve in the armed forces of the United States on combat duty, wherever ordered? And question 28 was Will you swear unqualified allegiance to the United States of America and faithfully defend the United States from any and all attack by foreign or domestic forces, and forswear any form of allegiance to the Japanese Emperor or any other foreign government, power, or organization. Some of the people who were in Tule Lake and answered Yes-Yes were put into different internment camps, that was because Tule Lake became a high security camp were they put the people who answered No-No.

Character Response #3 5/16-5/23

Grandmother: is very rebellious against the government. She would to do everything opposite of what the government tells her to do.

Mike & his father: are trying to protect the main character. His father is trying to protect him by writing letters and telling him what to do. Where as Mike is physically protecting him in fights and going to war.

The main character Joe: feels very confined in the camp and doesn't like it. Now that his grandmother rebelled by answering the test wrong, they will have to stay at the camp even longer.

#3

       In this weeks section, Joe is still in the concentration camp and there is talk about the war. He and his brother start and finish school and have their birthday at the beginning of the new school year. Joe meets some of his friends from back home like Mae and Phillip. His brother, Mike, is told at school one day that he can join the Nesei army with parent permission because he is seventeen. Later on throughout the camp, everyone learns that if you are 17 or older, you have to answer a questionnaire about your loyalty to Japan and America. Joe's grandma answers "no" to a question asking if she is loyal to Japan or America. Her explanation is that she is not a citizen to America but she doesn't want to go back to Japan, she says she would rather have a country to go back to than no country at all. Joe's mom and Mike both answer "yes" and are concerned about what might happen to their grandma. After the questionnaire, Phillip isn't allowed to talk to Joe because Phillip's are making him speak only Japanese. The other people at other camps who answered "no" to the same question were moved to Joe's camp. They are referred to as the No-Nos and are causing lots of trouble throughout the camp. Mike ends up going of to the army and his family isn't very happy about it. It section ends with Mike and Joe having a birthday, followed by Mike leaving for the army.
Business and Products:
Coke pg. 116
San Francisco Chronicle pg. 127
Newell Star pg. 127, pg. 143
Life Magazine pg. 127
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea pg. 129
Tom Sawyer pg. 130
FBI pg. 153
Baby Ruth pg. 167
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn pg. 169
Red Badge of Courage pg. 169

Literary illuminator Response #4

   Page #: 135
Simile: "I could go through them like a slick fish. I could sink baskets like a machine."
  
    Page#: 141
Simile:  The days seemed the same, like the Canada geese that swarmed over the flat country around us.

    Page #: 143
Simile: But January soon brought excitement , rolling across Tule Lake like a Tsunami.

    Page #: 143
Simile: Opinions blossomed like flowers, or weeds.

   Page #: 145
Simile: "Government, they treat our children like dogs yet want them to fight like men."

   Page #: 147
Simile: "Rumors have spread like the plague."

   Page #: 158
Simile: "The Signal Corps will be after you like a trophy catfish"

   Page #: 159
Simile: Traffic in and out of the gate had been like a slow drip from a faucet.

   Page #: 149
Word: Espionage
Definition: The act or action, the practice of spying.

Page #: 151
Word: Repatriation
Definition: To send or bring back a person, (most likely a prisoner of war or refugee)  to his or her country or land of citizenship.

Literary Historian Response #2

Joe and his family had to move to a Japanese internment camp.

first they went to Camp Pinedale a temporary internment camp in Fresno California. The assembly center was located six miles north of downtown Fresno on vacant land near an existing mill-workers housing area. The area is now within the Fresno city limits, north of Herndon Avenue.
After that they moved to Tule Lake, a war relocation center, this internment camp had the highest level of security of any of the camps.

Character Response #2 5/9-5/16

I think Sandy the guard is going to turn into a well-rounded character, but most likely is going to be an enemy in the story. But for now he is going to be friends with the main character.

Mae is a basic character right now, but will develop into a close friend of the main character and spend a lot of time with him and his family.

Literary illuminator Response #3

       Page #: 71
Simile,
"People flocked together on the street corners like pigeons."
 
         Page #: 72
Simile,
His words were like a fist to my chest.
 
         Page #: 87
Simile:
Its windows looked dull and empty, like the eyes of a dieing trout.

        Page #: 87
Luckily, Mom and Grandmother were as slender as the pickets of our fence.
  
         Page #: 73
Interesting phrase:
The click of glass sparked memories of dirt fields after a spring rain.
     
        Page #: 83
Interesting phrase:
"But this wave will wash over us, whether or not you choose to describe it."

        Page #: 74
Word:
Ouster
Definition: expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied.

5/9-5/16

         In this weeks section, the laws against the Japanese are getting worse. The laws progress to the point of Japanese getting deported to internment camps in Tule Lake Camp in California. They are givin rooms that are very small with bunk beds and thin wood walls surrounding them (hence the book title). Joe sees his friend Mae from school at the camp, she arrived a week earlier than Joe did, so she shows him around. She says they will start school very soon at the camp. Joe continues to write in his journal about the things happening at the camp and on his adventure. He also hasn't heard anything from his father recently and he hasn't joined them at camp because he is in an internmant camp in Montana.

Business's and Products:
FBI pg. 62, 63, and 64
Philco radio pg. 64
BB gun pg. 65
Telegraph pg. 65
American Star pg.74 (Can't find a picture)
Seattle Times pg.74
Boeing pg 87
Life Magazine pg.96
Look magazine pg. 96
Old Spice pg. 98 and 101
Captain Midnight pg. 99
Ovaltine pg. 99
Hershey bar pg. 101 and 102
The Mummy's Hand pg. 106

Hey!

  So, I put a really cool video about Thin Wood Walls on our blog only click on the first and second videos they are the ones about Thin Wood Walls. Its a bit of a spoiler so don't watch the whole thing!

litery historn response #1

The bombing of pearl harbor started world war two, like the first world war Washington state built bomber planes and war machines to help with the war.

Character Response #1 5/4 - 5/9

Grandmother is emotionless and does not like to involve herself with what is going on around her.
Mother seems strong, but on the inside is very scared and wants to protect her kids.
Main character is very aware of what is going to happen to his family. He is frustrated with his so called friends because they are discriminating towards him because of what his country did.

Don't judge a book by its cover.

David Patneaude was born in St. Paul, Minnesota but has spent most of his life in Seattle, Washington. Friend’s and family told him about their internment during WWII inspired him to write this book. His other books are Epitaph Road, Thin Wood Walls, A Piece of the Sky, Deadly Drive, Colder Than Ice, The Last Man's Reward and more.

Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover

Thin Wood Walls was published in 2004.

On December 7 1941 the Japanese military bombed pearl harbor and the U. S. declared war on the Japanese people. and put the Japanese-Americans into internment camps until the war ended.
This book is based on this event.

Book Cover

I think David Patneaude chose a picture of houses that look like internment camps and an American flag to show something that might hint to something about World War 2 and that the story involves something about internment or concentration camps during WW2.

Response #1 (5/4-5/8)

I think the title is saying that the main character is separated from his dad and brother and other things by a thin barrier but for some reason he can’t go though the barrier.

The Word on Words

5/4-5/9

P. 56
#1
 Word: Prejudices
Definition (in my own words): An opinion not favorable formed without much knowledge, thoughts or reason. Feelings, attitudes, and opinions about a situation without much background. Lots of prejudice of a hostile nature when regarding religious, racial, or national groups.

P. 56
#2
Word: Bigots
Definition (in my own words): People who are against and intolerant of any different religion, belief, or opinion.

Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover, Sorry this is late Crystal!

    Thin Wood Walls was rated four and a half stars on Amazon and on google books it was rated three and a half stars. Lots people who put reviews on google books said that they really liked how the author (David Patneaude) had written this book focused on the World War Two Japanese internment from the perspective of a child. Lots of people said that they liked it even though it seemed to them to be more for younger ages. One person said and I quote,


"A wonderful, though simplistic (this is a children's novel), insight into the Japanese Internment Camps during World War II. I was most impressed by the friendships illustrated in this book."
While another person said,

"Three and a half stars. Well enough done and about what I expected from a juvenile novel. Good treatment of the Japanese internment camps, lovely family relationships and a couple of incredible friendships."
 Both these people put these reviews on google books.

Thin Wood Walls was a  2006-2007 Mark Twain Award Nominee and was on the William Allen White Young Readers List.

5/4-5/9

Pg. 3-57

            The main character, Joseph, lives in Tacoma and is very happy. Then Japan bombed Hawaii, and he and his family started to be frowned upon and called Japs. Then the town sheriff brought the FBI to their doorstep and they took Joe’s father. They hadn’t heard from his father for several weeks until his mom got a phone call from the FBI. They said she could see him on Monday, so she did. She came back and told them everything their father was allowed to say. She said she he was in Seattle and that in a few weeks he was going to be taken away to somewhere else and the FBI won’t tell them where.

Business's and Products: Seattle Times pg. 13
                                        Captain Midnight pg. 42
                                        FBI pg. 24
                                        The Swiss Family Robinson pg. 16
                                        Treasure Island pg. 16

Hey. Miranda, Anamika, Corey, and Matthew!

    So you all may hate me because I added the Daily Puppy to our blog so we are going to take a vote! I am going to set up a poll gadget so all of you who don't like the new addition can tell me!

From,
The Admin,
Noelani