Obasan

Obasan is a great book so far; I can’t seem to put it down. It had a lot of emotion that touched me. The way that the point of view was presented really emphasized the emotion in the beginning. It also used a lot of great visual imaging to make me feel as if I was there with the charters. At one point in chapter three I almost began to cry. The charters in …showed first 75 words of 347 total…

…showed last 75 words of 347 total…responding to a command from Uncle’s outstretched hand, undulates suddenly in a breeze, with ripple after ripple of grass shadows, rhythmical as ocean waves”. The point of view is also very good for this type of book, it really able the readers to feel the emotions of the person. The whole book so far is really emotionally touching and as I read on I surmise that more heartache and will be experienced for Naomi.