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"In Response to Executive Order 9066" by Dwight Okita

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Tyler Miller

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Poem Facts

  • Written in 1982
  • Was inspired to write about it by his mothers stories about the camps
  • It's about a young Japanese-American girl going through executive order 9066

Dwight Okita is a writer in Chicago. He was born in 1958. His father served in the 442nd Battalion

Significance

  • Similar feeling that we got from Jeanne's story.
  • Shows how unprepared Japanese-American were to be sent off.
  • They had there own life before being sent away.
  • People they considered friends turned on them.

"In Response to Executive Order 9066"

by Dwight Okita

Poem Quotes

  • "Dear Sirs, of course I will come I've packed my galoshes and three packets of tomato seeds."
  • "I am a fourteen-year-old girl with bad spelling and a messy room."
  • "I have always felt funny using chopsticks and my favorite food is hot dogs."
  • "I know the back of Denise's head very well. I tell her she's going bald. She tells me I copy on tests. We're best friends."
  • "I saw Denise today in Geography class. You're trying to start a war," she said, "giving secrets away to the Enemy. Why can't you keep your big mouth shut?"
  • "I gave her a packet of tomato seeds and asked her to plant them for me, told her when the first tomato ripened she'd miss me."
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