Even though Mrs. Beatty is considered a "minor" character in this novel, her presence in the story is important. I'm curious to know what you think of her so far. Write about what you know to be true about Mrs. Beatty, and then tell me your thoughts about who she is as a person. Is she likable? Do you think her intentions are pure and selfless? You'll need to think back to when she was first introduced in the story and consider all her actions.
Reading assignment: "Camp Anyway" pages 186-195. Due Tuesday, April 12
Discussion Question: due by Wednesday morning, April 13.
I think that Mrs.Beatty is likeable and thoughful.I also think even though Mrs.Beatty had said it was because she needed Henry there. I think she knew in the back of her mind that Kekio was there and she knew Henry and Kekio was friends so thats why she asked Henry.Also I think that she is pure and selfless because even though her father is missing in the war she's not mean or rude to henry in anyway.
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As a result of your curiosity, I'm happy to explain my outlook on Mrs.Beatty to you. When Mrs. Beatty was first introduced as a character, I definitely had indifferent feelings about her. What I believe to be true about Mrs. Beatty is that she likes things to get done, and get done the way she likes them to be. Some characteristics I gave her, before I had known more about her, consisted of demanding, hardy, careless, not-motivated, and imperious. The fact that she would expect Henry and Keiko to do all of the work while she puffed her ciggarete, made me think of how she had such hig hexpectations in such young children, in this case, do know what to do and how to do the work. Although, these are only my opinions. I believe that, Mrs Beatty, as a person, IS likable. Although some may disagree, I think that there is something about her that makes you want to look past all of the bitterness that lays outside of her. You can see that because of the incident with her husband, she surrounds herself with a hard, sturdy, and thick protective shell to display that she doesn't put up with any crap and will be stern when needed. As I read on, I soon began to realize that Mrs. Beatty's intentions were actually pure and selfless. The fact that she was willing to help Henry hide his gifts that he had thoughtfully brought for Kieko on her birthday was very nice and considerate. ALso how, instead of the, " mystery meat" given at the camp, she brought in Japense food staples, such as rice and other traditional food. Another action that revealed that Mrs. Beatty actually has a heart, was when Henry was serving lunch at his school and Mrs. Beatty noticed how Chaz was bullying him as Henry was about to serve him food, and she stepped in and did the right thing in my opinion, made him go on the rest of the day without lunch. Serves him right. (get it? Henry was "serving" lunch) I believe that her intention was to make the Japenese people's lives better by doing what she had control over, such as serving food that they would actually want entering their mouths. I also think that she could see that Henry was very fond of Keiko, therefore inviting him to help serve food at the same camp Keiko was temporarily staying at, which I also thought was very kind and considerate. Although she may not say much to express her feeelings and beliefs, she definitely shows them through the actions she portrays.
ReplyDeleteI think at the beginning of the novel it is misleading a little bit because the author describes Mrs. Beatty as big and mean and wanting nothing to do with Henry but in the chapter Camp Anyway she shows that she is really actually nicE when she helps Henry hide the presents and defends him when the guy comes out of the store thinking Henry was Japenese.
ReplyDeletelfguns7
I think that Mrs. Beatty is actually a nice person. I think the reason that she is "grouchy" is because her Dad was caught by the German's on his boat. And I think that devastated her. I believe that if people would take the time and know more about her, she would be more likable and people would think of her as more as a sweet person rather than the lunch lady that just yells at people all the time.
ReplyDeletetsace12
I believe that Mrs. Beatty, as a person, is not very bad. She treated Keiko and Henry a little differently then she would an American, but that is natural. I say this because that if someone is different from you, they automatically act differently towards you. Also, with all the prejudice going on, whether you wish to discriminate or not, all of the racist slang and rumors will affect you in some way, be it big or small. Then, once she began to get to know them, Mrs. Beatty didn't look at their race, but the actions and behavior. She starts to open up to Henry, telling him about her dad, and how his ship was captured by the Germans.
ReplyDeleteIn summary, once Mrs. Beatty got over the racial differences, she was a good friend to Keiko and Henry.
My thoughts about Mrs. Beatty have changed a little bit throughout this book. My first thoughts were that she was bossy and mean to Keiko and Henry. She used to treat them poorly but her feelings changed for Henry when she saw him being disrespected by the American boys. Then once Keiko left, she started taking Henry to Camp Harmony to serve food. When Henry brought gifts for Keiko in, she let him hide them in the bags of rice. I think her intentions then were very selfless because she could of got caught or in trouble but she did it for Henry. In my opinion, I think she could become likable if I knew her.
ReplyDeletelcpink30
Early on in the story, the character Mrs. Beatty does not prove herself to earn respect. She doesn't show herself to be kind or selfless with her laziness and lack of kindness to Henry and Keiko. It stuck out when Henry stated "She was his favorite American word: broad". Henry doesn't care for her, and she shows not care for him until she takes him to the camp to visit his beloved Keiko. Her character shows a great change in maturity from the beginning to this part.
ReplyDeleteAs for her further intentions, I believe to have been a time of epiphany for Mrs. Beatty. Perhaps she was inspired by the young love presented between Henry and Keiko. I don't believe, however, that her intention were anything but pure.
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First of all, I think that it is very thoughtful that Mrs. Beatty chose Henry to bring with her to Camp Harmony. She knew that Keiko was there and that Henry would want to see Keiko, so I thought it was very nice of her to think of Henry to take with her, even if it was just to bring him so that he could work in the cafateria.One thing that really showed the type of person that Mrs. Beatty was was when she saw that Henry had brought Keiko gifts but knew that he wouldn't be allowed to give them to her, she snuck them in for him. Another thing that I noticed was that when one of the gaurds mistook
ReplyDeleteHenry for a Japanese saying- "Hey, What are you doing with that Jap over there?"- Mrs. Beatty was the first person to respond, defending Henry.She did the same thing in the chapter "Camp Harmony" when Chaz was making fun of Henry shortly after the Japanese had been evacuated. She had told Chaz that "There's not enough food left," and "The kitchens closed to you today," when she saw that Chaz was being so rude to Henry in the cafeteria. I think that Mrs. Beatty is likeable and that her intentions were good when she did those things for Henry.
~C.H.Lafandala
What I think about Mrs. Beatty is that at first she was very rude because she was treating Keiko and Henry different just because they had a different race. Like they were invisible. But through this chapter she changed, she became selfless and wanted to help Keiko and Henry. Deep down I felt that she was a nice lady, but she just couldn't let it out. I guess I'm trying to say is that you can't judge a person by how they look or their race, because were all human.
ReplyDeletemsgemini11
I think Mrs. Beatty would seem as a hard person on the outside, but if she was a real person, that you could get to know, I think she would be a decent person after you become friends. I think Mrs. Beatty is doing what she is doing because she probably has concluded that Henry and Keiko are good friends and she wants to respect that.
ReplyDeletens r4ndomz
I think now in the novel that Mrs. Beatty has pure intentions. I think at the beginning of the novel she did not know enough or care enough about Henry or Keiko. Now nearing the end of the novel she is getting more of an understanding what is going on with the two. She realizes this when she remembers her father who is a prisoner of war. I think Mrs. Beatty brings Henry to Camp Harmony just so he can see Keiko and since she is such a tough women she won't admit it, she tells Henry shes bringing him there because he is such a good cook.
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I think that Mrs. Beatty is a kind and thoughtful person because she chose to take Henry to Camp Harmony, and if she hadn't done that then Henry would never see Keiko. But when she was first introduced in the story, I thought that she was mean and selfish because she made Henry and Keiko do all the work while she went off and smoked. Also I thought she was discriminatory like most other people were during that time. But after I read "Camp Harmony" where Mrs. Beatty stuck up for Henry during lunch when Chaz was making fun of him and she didn't give him lunch, I thought she was kind and selfless. Also, I think that she is selfless and her intentions are pure because she does kind things for Henry and she doesn't think that she's being especially nice and doesn't think anything of it.
ReplyDeleteI think Mrs. Beatty is likeable, I think she is a caring person who might not always show it, but does when she really wants to. She has had actions that haven't showed she is a caring women, but overall I think the actions that do show it, adds up to more than actions that don't. She truly cares for Henry I think because of how she refused to feed Chaz when he was bullying Henry and she snuck in the presents Henry brought for Keiko and took Henry to Camp Harmony to see Keiko, and more. To conclude, I think Mrs. Beatty has made more caring decisions that non-caring ones.
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I dont think Mrs. Beatty is necessarily likable but I do think that she is a genuinely nice person. I think that most of her actions are pure, selfless, and very kind. I think that Mrs. Beatty is misunderstood by the most of the kids at the school and by Henry until she helped him see Keiko. I think that she has gone through a lot of pain considering the fact that her father was lost at sea and most people dont see that because she holds a lot of her emotions in. But she isn't necessarily likable because she doesn't have many conversations with people that we have seen and she doesn't let people in and let them see that she is a genuinely nice person.
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I think that Mrs. Beatty is a very nice, considerate person but has trouble expressing it. I think this because the longer Henry is around her the more he gets to see what she is really like.. I think that Mrs. Beatty isn't a likeable person until you get to know her because she doesn't have a very friendly personality. I also think that she is only trying to help Henry because I think she had a difficult home life as a child, and she can sense that in Henry.
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I think Mrs. Beatty ought to be awarded "major character" status. Mrs. Beatty saw the contemptment his peers treated him with every day, and she came through for him that one day when Henry was about to hit Chaz in the head with the mush he was serving. I think she made the right choice when she took Henry to Camp Harmony. Mr. Lee's philosophy may be, "The decision is between the good decision and the best decision", but for me and possibly Mrs. Beatty too, the philosophy is "The right decision is always the hardest to make, but always matters in the long run."
ReplyDeletemjaphrodite20
I think Mrs. Beatty is a minor character because she really doesn’t show up in a lot of parts in the story like Henry and Kieko do. I think she is probably a middle-aged woman who is kind of “husky” and mean. I think she can be likable at times like when she drove Henry to the camp.
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I feel that Mrs. Beatty, while feeling bad for Henry and all, if he was not needed at the camp, he would not have been brought. I wouldn't bring a little kid to a relocation center if I did not need him.
ReplyDeleteAlso, being that Mrs. Beatty's husband was captured by GERMANS and put in a GERMAN Prisoner of War camp, she has no reason to hate Japanese people (Germany only declared war on America because they hoped that Japan would help them fight Russia; this plan did not succeed). Because there was no reason, she did not, and thus, she can help Chinese kids who want to be with their Japanese girlfriends, and not feel guilty about "giving aid and comfort to the enemy"(the Constitution's definition for treason).
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