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Silence is a really striking theme in Joy Kogawa’s novel Obasan. Japanese Canadian protagonist Megunmi Naomi Nakane growing up during the Second World War and the internment and ex periences horrible racism from a government that is meant to be democratic and protect them. Her childhood pain is met with silence from her family. As a child, her family’s silence is im posed on her. She hardly ever talks that is something even her most quiet relatives find bazaar. As an adult, this silence is still affecting her. In 1972 when she is 36 years Naomi is forced to confront her past of pain through her memories when her dear uncle Isamu Nakane dies. When her Uncle dies, memories that she would want to stay beneath the surface come floating to the surface of her mind “I want to get away from all this. From the past and all these papers, from the present, from the memories, from the deaths, from Aunt Emily and her heap of words” Grow ing up in a family that does not speak alot, Naomi doesn’t learn how to remember. Joy use the present tense in her book even during flashback. This says that Naomi is still as involved in the past as she is in the present. The tradition of her family’s silence at the time of the interment as an attempt to rise above the racism as well as to get away from unwanted attention it unfortu nately ultimately has long-lasting and undesirable effects for Naomi. The silence maybe benefit ted her in youth but the lack of communication hurt too. She finds sorting through her memories tough and painful she has never had any serious relationships and her relationship with her family isn’t healthy. At thirty-six, she only just beginning healing from the deep wounds inflicted by
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