Northern Alberta finding out that her uncle has died. When Naomi returns

home to console her Aunt Obasan, she begins to relive the difficulties of

her life. She recounts the struggle against the government and

themselves while trying to stay in Vancouver. Naomi is very small at the

time of the war and did not really fully understand what was happening to

her race. The novel recounts the struggle of Naomi’s Aunt Emily to

ensure that her family would be together in whatever place they were sent

to. Aunt Emily wanted to head east to Toronto, but was unable to get the

documentation for the entire family which included her sister children,

who she was taking care of. The novel discuses the camps that the

Japanese families were sent to in Hastings Park during the war. It

described the treatment the families received while there, including the

political aspect of why this was happening to these people.

present time and the past. There were to many times that I did not

Toronto. This leaves Aunt Emily going to Toronto and everybody else

really got to me is the great detail in how the Japanese were treated,

The novel had many strengths and weaknesses. One strength that

though they were Canadian citizens. Obasan also taught me a lot about

a good insight about what the Japanese Canadians were really feeling and

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