Your mother speaks very little about what is happening to your family. You know that she is very unhappy. You write a poem to comfort her. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Someone falls ill. Do you try to get help or refuse help from those who have imprisoned you? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Times are tough, but your grandfather shared with you this Japanese saying: ÒThe thousand mile journey starts with one stepÓ; it is sustaining you right now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You wrote a letter to a friend so as to make sure that you are still friends; you have yet to receive a reply. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Your brother has taken to playing soccer and is becoming greatly talented at it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You receive hate mail referring to the fact that people of your nationality are war mongers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Someone takes your journal and reads it and says that you should be a professional writer. This makes you consider publishing memoirs after the war. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Congratulations! Your family is in a talent show and comes in second! You win the right to be first in the food line for a whole week! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A presidential election is nearing. You do not even know who the candidates are. Do you fight for your right to vote or wait for the war to end? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Congratulations! Your garden has produced a record crop! You feel good about not only feeding yourself but others as well. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A woman in the camp is pregnant. Her husband was traveling out of the country when the war broke out and was not imprisoned with her. Does this change your attitude towards her? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Congratulations! Suzuki and Hideki are excelling in school! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ When you hear about the Battle of the Bulge, you are reminded of this Japanese proverb: ÒThe flame brightens when about to fail.Ó ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This Japanese saying brings new hope to you: ÒMany pleading voices can melt metal.Ó ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The end of the war is in sight. Will you go back to your store in Seattle or will you leave the U.S. because of the way you have been treated? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Congratulations! Suzuki, who has an interest in photography got a chance to meet the famous photographer, Ansel Adams, when he came to help make the Manzanar High School yearbook!