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A 7 page research paper/essay that critically examines John Okada's novel No-No Boy. which addressees the immense psychological damage that was incurred by Japanese Americans who were interred by government order during World War II. The novel deals with the post-war experience of its protagonist, Ichiro Yamada, a "no-no boy" who answered "no" to two crucial questions asked by the government of all interned men who were old enough to serve in the military. The writer endeavors to discuss this novel in relation to cultural production and formation in the US during the 1950s by looking at the assumptions and values that underlie the narrative. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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deals with the post-war experience of its protagonist, Ichiro Yamada, a "no-no boy" who answered "no" to two crucial questions asked by the government of all interned men who were
old enough to serve in the military. These men were asked, first of all, if they would agree to serve in the US military. Then, they were also asked
to swear "unqualified allegiance to the United States of America" and foreswear "any allegiance or obedience to the Japanese emperor, or any foreign government, power or organization" (Kim 63).
Ichiro answered "no" to both questions, which indicates the origin of the title. Because of these answers, Ichiro spent the last two years of the war in prison. No-No Boy
tells the modern reader not only a great deal about the problems of Japanese American integration into mainstream American society during the post-World War II era, but also about the
mindset of the 1950s, which is the era in which the novel was written. Therefore, this examination will endeavor to discuss this novel in relation to cultural production and formation
in the US during the 1950s by looking at the cultural assumptions and values that underlie the narrative. The novel begins as Ichiro returns to Seattle after two years
in an internment camp and two years in prison. It charts his efforts at reintegration into American society. From this perspective, the novel is a "psychological bildungsroman," in which, Ichiro
"struggles to separate himself from uncertainty and continue progress toward a unified identity" (Gribben 31). The novels structure is chronological and unfolds along realist narrative lines, but it presents a
story that is "set squarely in the charged racial margins of the American nation-space," as the plot occurs for the most part within the context of Japanese-American culture (Amoko 35).
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