Obasan
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The main character is Naomi Nakane, she is somewhat shy as a child. She is a schoolteacher in Granton and has trouble controlling her class because of her somewhat shy nature. Opus "I want to break loose from the heavy identity..I am tired of living between deaths and funerals, weighted with decorum, unable to shout or sing or dance, unable to scream or swear, unable to laugh, unable to breathe out loud." Naomi, a young female of Japanese decent is forced to adapt and grow into the Canadian society. Se is faced with great pressures because of the events of WWII and the internment of Japanese Canadians. Her childhood is complicated by the absence of her mother and she is driven to grow up under two separate definitions of womanhood. Guidance is provided by her two aunts, Obasan and Emily. The complication arises due to their contrasting views of life, Japanese and Canadian. Born in Japan, Obasan believes in the more quiet and traditional Japanese lifestyle, based on loving "Silence"..