The type of relationship that young Henry will have with his father really begins to form in the chapter, "Home Fires." Write about what happens in this chapter, and the decision that Henry makes when he is asked to translate the conversation between his father and Mr. Preston. Make sure your answers are complete and thorough.
Post assigned: Thursday, March 17
Post due: Thursday, March 17
Reading Assignment: pages 78-90
In this chapter Henry makes the decision to lie to his father by changing what his father said to something that would make the project of Mr.Preston buying much of Nihonmachi not go through. He did this because he didn't want Nihonmachi be obsolete and he wanted to help Keiko.
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In the chapter "Home Fires" Henry and Chaz's fathers meet to talk for business reasons. As you know Henry's father does not speak much English, so Henry had to translate the conversation. When Mr.Preston wants to buy property that is owned by a Japanese family, Henry's father intends on telling him to pay the bank and they will take it from the family. Henry has sympathy and makes up a lie so the Japanese family will not loose their home. Henry says "My father won't approve of the sale.It was once a Japanese cemetery and it's very bad luck to build there. That's why the lot is empty."
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I thought that Henry and his Dad started to begin somewhat of a relationship with each other, because Henry's father really started to beileve him halfway through the conversation. I still did not think Henry and his father will develop a relationship because of the "language barrier". The reason Henry and his father do not speak to each other a lot is because Henry's parents wants him to speak in English. And his parents do not speak any English. Only Cantonese. I think that is why they do not communicate very well.
ReplyDeleteI think Henry made the right decision in lying to his Dad. Even though it is the wrong thing to do, Henry had to do it. I thought Henry told his Dad those lies because he wanted what he thought was the best for the Japenese people. Especially Keiko. Henry wanted the best safety for Keiko possible and the Japanese people because of what he saw at the Black Elks Club, and when he saw people burning all of there valuables to tell the government they have no connection what so ever to the bombings in Pearl Harbour.
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In the chapter "Home Fires", Mr. Preston, the father of Chaz, goes to Henry's house to discuss buying a portion of land in Japantown because Mr. Preston needs support from a member of the Chong Wa board. Henry doesn't approve of taking the Japanese people's land out from under them so he morphs their words as they are talking so they decline their business with eachother.
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In the chapter, "Home Fires", Henry's dad and Chaz's dad met together for business reasons and they both spoke different languages so they couldn't understand each other. Henry's dad had asked Henry to translate for them so he did, but he translated the way Henry wanted the conversation to go. If Mr. Preston said something that Henry didn't like, he would change it so Henry's dad would get mad about it. If the idea could eventually affect the Japanese people, Henry said no because he didn't want anything to happen to Keiko and her family. Eventually, everything that the dad's said to each other got mixed around and they got mad and Chaz and Mr. Preston left. Henry was happy about that because he didn't want Japan town to change anymore but he was afraid because he disobeyed his father very much.
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In the chapter, "Home Fires", Henry has to translate between his father and Mr. Preston, Chaz's father. They were talking about developing Japanese land after putting a publishing company out of business. He translates this to his father then thinks of Keiko and her family being kicked out of their home if this continues. He decides to lie about what his father really said to Mr. Preston. He then lies about the whole conversation with no one knowing. He purposely said things to the other that he knew would make them mad at each other. He told his father that Mr. Preston was planning to build a jazz club, which his father didn't want in the International District and he told Mr. Preston that his father wouldn't allow him to build in that spot because it was once on a Japanese cemetery and it's very bad luck to build there. After many back and forth lies, Mr. Preston and Chaz leave.
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I thought it was crazy what Henry did but I like that he stuck up for the japanese shop and his dad didn't even know it. Mr.Preston got mad and as convienient as it is...Mr.Preston's son is Chaz. I loved this chapter because it was funny!
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In the chapter "Home Fires" Henry sees a fire in the Japanese village and when he got there Henry saw lots of Japanese people were throwing the wedding photos, Japanese flags, and other Japanese stuff into the fire to get rid of any connection between them to Japan. When Young Henry Lee is asked to translate the conversation between Mr. Preston (Chad's Dad) and his dad he mixes up the translations on purpose so that his father doesn’t buy the Japanese property. This causes a fight between them. At the end of this chapter Chad and his father ended up storming out madly. Knsplash
ReplyDeleteIn the chapter "Home Fires" Henry sees a fire in the Japanese village and when he got there Henry saw lots of Japanese people were throwing the wedding photos, Japanese flags, and other Japanese stuff into the fire to get rid of any connection between them to Japan. When Young Henry Lee is asked to translate the conversation between Mr. Preston (Chad's Dad) and his dad he mixes up the translations on purpose so that his father doesn’t buy the Japanese property. This causes a fight between them. At the end of this chapter Chad and his father ended up storming out madly. Knsplash
ReplyDeleteWhat happens in this chapter is Mr. Preston, Chaz's dad, tries to but the land and buildin of the Japanese newspaper. He needs Henry's fathers help in order to do this so he comes over Henry's house and asks Henry to translate thier conversation. The decision that Henry makes when he is asked to translate is to lie to both of them during his translation and totally screws with their conversation so Mr. Preston storms off, and the buisness deal is over.
ReplyDeleteThe decision Henry made at first was to do the best he could translating, but as the conversation went on, he realizes that what they are doing is getting buildings from Japantown cheap from the bank because the Japanese have been arrested because they were accused of being spies and traitors. Once he realizes this, he decides to scramble the bilingual translation between the English-speaking Mr. Preston and his Cantonese-speaking father. They start arguing, agree to disagree, and Mr. Preston and his son leave Henry's family's house.
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In the chapter "Home Fires" Chaz and his father come to Henry's house so their fathers can talk about a business deal. Henry's father told Henry to translate everything that Mr. Preston says so he can understand and to translate his words into English so Mr. Preston can understand. Henry starts translating lies to each of the business to make them argue. When one man says, "Tell him yes he can buy the land." Henry would translate that to, "He said you can't buy that land." This causes the two men to argue and not make the business deal.
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In the chapter Home Fires henry's dad an Mr. Preston what him to translate a business deal they want to make. While Henry is translating he changes some things and makes his dad and Mr. Preston argue and get mad at eachother. I think Henry did this because mr. Preston wanted to take down part of Japan town and that he is chazz' dad.
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Henry had always taken advantage of his father using the language barrier (think - "I'm going to open an umbrella in my pants.") But in Home Fires, Henry takes this a step further when he tells his father and Mr. Preston lies like that. However, this did happen for a good cause: the poor famiy who owned the business's head had been arrested for a crime he most likely never committed, and it is probable that this business was their only source of income. If you were Henry, what would you have chosen to do?
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I think that if i were to be in Henry's shoes, I would have done the same thing. I think his reasoning for his decision was that he had Keiko and the Japenese on his mind and wanted the best for her and them. I think some people would classify his decision as wrong and immature, but from my perspective, I believe that he had a logical and very in depth reason to lie to his father amd Chaz's father also. Although he may have caused unneccessary irritation and anger between the two adults, I can completely understand why Henry would do such a thing. This chapter definitely showed just how deeply Henry felt for Keiko and the Japenese themselves, I thought the action that he portrayed was very bold and courageous.
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In the chapter "Home Fires" Mr. Preston and Mr. Lee were trying to talk buisness and were using Henry as their translator. Mr. Preston was trying to develop some property in Japantown and needed Mr. Lee and Chinese community to support him. Mr. Preston told Henry to tell his father that he wanted to buy the land behind the Japanese newspaper and the building also. When Henry's father replies, telling Mr. Preston how to do so, Henry lies to Mr. Preston and tells him that his father dissaproves of the sale because the land was once a Japanese cemetary. From then on Henry continues to lie to each of the men untill Mr. Preston and Chaz storm out angrily. Henry made the decision to totally lie to his father to help the Japanese. This chapter really showed where Henry's loyalties lied between his father, Keiko and all of the Japanese people.
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