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Women's infirmary

The psychological standpoint of this gives the readers a better idea of what made the immigrants write as they did. It also gives the readers a chance to understand the choice of words and subjects they chose to put into their writing. Different things could have made them think the way they did such as past experiences and their lifestyle at the time. People from different regions of Asia think differently, therefore there is a diversity of thoughts represented in the poems. Here are just some of the major terms mentioned in the majority of their poetry:

Mid-Autumn Festival In the Chinese culture they honor the god with goods on holidays in order for them to watch and protect them. Since the immigrants were imprisoned on Angel Island, they could not honor their god, and felt ashamed. Humiliation is taken very seriously, and they no longer feel they can face their families.

Homesickness They all felt homesick. After having their dreams crushed, they only long to see their family and country again. They felt guilty for promising their family riches only to have them starve since the males, who were usually the member of each family sent to America.

Helplessness With all the things going on around them, they feel no control over their lives. They feel as if they're guilty of a crime they never committed. They are held trapped in a wooden box brutalized. At times they can no longer tell the difference between reality and their drunken dreams.

Tears The loneliness behind the tears and the pain calls out to you. They have no loved ones around them, but only other depressed ones to share their sorrow. Many of those detainees had depression once admitted into the detention center.

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