Otsuka post 2

I believe that Otsuka used vague names throughout the novel for many diffrent reasons. I believe that in the novel using "women" "boy" and "girl" it gave off the epression that everyone thinks lower of the Japenese in American Society. I feel that this could symbolize that American's thought the Japanese were all the same, and they all had bad motives. By not giving them names it showed a lack of identity which I feel that all of them feltt in the internment camps. The japensese were all singled out because of their race not becuase of anything else.
I also feel that Otsuka could have used generalities to make the story not only towards this one family but also towards the Japanese race in general. I feel that by using generalities it makes the book more relatable to others. Also I think that by making the book one big generality it takes away the connection between the characters and the author. I feel as if the author did not want to tell a story of her family or people she knew, I feel that she told this story for all affected by the internment camps to relate to. I feel that this is one of the only pieces of literature about the internment camps that i have ever heard of and Otsuka wanted to speak for the whole race to show that they all wen throught a similar tragedy.