TISSUES LOOKED LIKE GIANT BUTTERFLIES
TREAT HIM LIKE AN ANT
MOUTHS FULL OF RUBBER BANDS
...SKY TURN RED. THE RED SPREAD LIKE BLOOD IN THE SEA.
Katie loves how Lynn has a way of finding magic and wonder in ordinary everyday objects and experiences.
Lynn told Katie that the reason they are teased, ignored, or stared at is because the white people in their town discriminate against Japanese Americans and treat them like ants. Katie notices that the white nurses coo over her new baby brother while ignoring her mother and wonders if when he's grown, he, too, will be ignored and looked down upon.
Moving from Iowa, at first Katie has a hard time understanding the southern accent in Georgia.
As Lynn lies very ill, Katie watches the sunrise outside. The red in the sky spreading like blood is symbolic of the life slowly leaving Lynn's body.
KIRA KIRAFIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: SIMILES
BABY BOY TAKESHIMA
Aah have an aah-lash in mah aah!
(I have an eyelash in my eye.)
By Kristy Littlehale
By Liane Hicks