... youth Ishmael, was one condemned by the time and location that made it so thorny for these two cultures to co-exist. Hatsue, encouraged to marry within her heritage by family and Mrs. Shigemura, an instructor of social savvy, began to distance herself from the passionate relationship as time went on, while Ishmael, blinded by his own fanatical interpretation of true ... ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate