What Is The Mother's Involvement In Civil Disobedience

The first moment in book where the mother does something puzzling is when she decides to question the question that she is asked even when she knows that if she answers incorrectly, she will be sent back to Japan. Where there is no possible future to them, as she describes it. “Will you swear unqualified allegiance to the United States of America and faithfully defend the United States from any or all attack by foreign or domestic forces, and forswear any form of allegiance or obedience to the Japanese Emperor, or any other foreign government, power or organization?” “What allegiance?” asked the boy’s mother. “She said she had nothing to forswear. She’d been in America for almost twenty years now. But she did not want to be sent back to Japan.”

“The ads in the papers all said 'help wanted, will train,' but wherever she went she was turned down. "The position's just been filled," she was told again and again. Or, "We wouldn't want to upset the other employees." At the department store where she had once bought all her hats and silk stockings they would not hire her as a cashier because they were afraid of offending the customers. Instead they offered her work adding up sales slips in a small dark room in the back where no one could see her but she politely declined.” While the woman is looking for a job, she is relentlessly being rejected due to her appearance because it is evident when the employer suggests that she will “offend” the customers. But he doesn’t mention how, he just suggests that she will because of her Japanese descent due to the war. One could say that this is rather surprising because she needs work in order to feed her family, but she decides to stay resilient by no longer accepting the position, by deciding to avoid racism. She is trying to avoid being oppressed due her Japanese ancestry. Signs of discrimination are also present when she is offered a position that would make her become isolated from any other outside force or other interaction. She is asked if she will accept a job that will make her sit in a small dark room, away from the public eye but she politely declines the offer. She is still being polite and kind even though it is obvious that she is experiencing discrimination. She is still keeping her dignity and integrity because she knows that she is an American, not an enemy because she has lived there for most of her