How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Was it fear? Hatred? Or just youthful boredom that drove Denny here, to Japantown, where families hid and locked their doors, hiding their precious possessions, fearing arrest. While Denny stood on the corner, painting "Go Home Japs!" over American flags posted on store windows. (22.12)
The amount of hatred Henry sees against Japanese people is mind-boggling to him; he can't understand how his classmates are so angry that they're running around at night and defacing businesses.
Quote #8
"I don't know how to tell you so it makes sense. You were born here. You're American. Where your father comes from, it was nothing but war. War with Japan. They invaded northern China, killing many people. Not just soldiers but women and children, the old and the sick. Your father, he grew up this way. He saw this happen to his own family." (26.21)
Henry just doesn't get his father and his feelings toward Japanese people, but this is partially because he hasn't lived through his own horrible war with Japan. His father remembers the atrocities of such a war from his childhood. Memories like these don't easily fade away.
Quote #9
Camp Harmony was always intended to be temporary, just until permanent camps could be built—away from the coastlines, which were seen a a vulnerable target for bombing or invasion. In these coastal communities, every Japanese citizen was a potential spy—able to keep track of the comings and goings of warships and ocean-based supply lines. (37.2)
Talk about paranoid. It's not enough for the government to force all Japanese American citizens out of their homes—they're going to move them to an internment camp in another state in order to keep everyone in line.