Captain Marvel

This is the comic book cover that I chose to write on. On this cover you see an average white American super hero saving the world from the "evil Japanese". In this cover our hero is "swatting the Japs" and as he does this all of the Japanese look terrified and they are all running for their lives. Also they are in a classic stereotypical Japanese setting; there is a mountain in the back of the drawling as well as a stereotyped Japanese building.

This comic was possible meant to bring hope to those that remained at home during World War II. Many of the kids that would have been buying and reading this comic had fathers, uncles, or brothers away at war. A comic like this could have brought hope to these kids who were concerned for their family members. Seeing Captain Marvel defeat the Japanese in one swoop would have brought hope to the country.

I think this cover was very typical of what the comic books looked like at the time, but it doesn't make it right. I'm sure that many Japanese were hurt by the images presented on these covers. I know if my ethnic group were shown in such a negative light I would be very upset.

Takaki-Chapter 10

The chapter’s main point is that Japanese immigrated to the United States and the how and why behind it. Takaki explains how Japanese originally came here to be laborers and that for the most part it was men who made the journey but gradually women began to come to the United States as “picture brides.” Takaki also explains how women were valuable as workers in the western United States.

In this chapter Takaki talks about Japanese workers migration to the United States and the fact that they were moved to California and Hawaii. Takaki also explains that in Japan Women were well educated and became workers when they were brought to this country. Takaki writes about the high demand of Japanese that Californian plantation owners wanted to work their fields.

The Chapter was very well organized and fairly easy to read. Takaki used witness accounts and explained them in context. This was in my opinion one of the simplest things we’ve had to read all year. I had very little trouble reading this chapter. It was also different from what we’ve been reading most of the semester. It was a nice change of pace to read about another ethnic group.

This chapter was very interesting and I thought that the fact that Japanese women were well educated was very fascinating. I did not know that Japanese women worked as well as the men and I think that even though Japan was not as industrialized as the United States they were much farther ahead of this country socially. In this country it was still for the most part unheard of that women worked with their husbands but in Japanese culture it was encouraged

Zinn 9

The main idea of this chapter is that although the slaves were freed they were still not granted the same rights and freedoms that whites were given. Zinn also brings up the few slave rebellions that took place in the south and how the plantation owners crushed such rebellions.

The main argument of this chapter is that although the blacks were freed most would turn a blind eye to unequal wages and poor treatment they received because to completely end slavery and give all equal wages would not only take away white privilege but it would also destroy the southern economy. Zinn also talks about how the rich white used poor white to control the blacks and that when blacks and poor whites did work together they were separated to prevent an up rise against the rich plantation owners. Zinn uses the building of the Brunswick canal to show that blacks were kept apart from the Irish. Zinn also talks about how poor whites were not permitted to fraternize with the slaves because the plantation owners feared that poor whites would take sympathy on the blacks and help to plain massive rebellions.

Zinn’s chapter 9 was really nothing new, although it did present some new information most of what was said has been presented in previous chapters. Many of the ideas are getting old and Zinn only brings in new evidence to the chapters but does not share any new ides with his reader. This makes Zinn’s chapters very dry and repetitive. Zinn also never moves away from the subject of slavery. In a book called “A People’s History of the United States” he only talks about one kind of people. Zinn never writes about Native Americans, Mexicans, or any of the other inhabitants of this country.

I think this chapter only gave information that has already been presented. He gives no new ideas or new thoughts on the subject so I think it’s very repetitive and boring. When reading this chapter I had a difficult time remembering what had been said in this chapter and what had been said in previous chapters.

Kindred

The main idea of this novel is that children are born good but as time progresses their environment changes them into what most people see them as.

In the beginning of the story Rufus is an innocent young boy and although he does have privilege he mostly tries to be nice to Dana and he remains friends with Alice. However as the novel progresses he becomes a tyrant mostly due to the influence of his father. In Dane's later trips to the past Rufus treats Alica and all other blacks horribly.

Perhaps Rufus does these things in an attempt to be loved. His father was a tyrant so Rufus may have felt in order to gain his love he must be mean to the slaves. Rufus did start out as a normal kid although he was a bit bratty he was generally good, but as time progresses he becomes bad. He rapes the slaves in a possible attempt to find the love his father never gave him.

I think this book was a interesting read and a good change of pace. But I did have a hard time getting passed the fact that Dane could time travel. I also don't understand why Dane, Rufus had hundreds of decedents why was Dane the one who could travel through space and time to save Rufus's life? Also why did she go back whenever she was in danger? I don't feel that the book explain this enough.