“My brother, my sister, and I”

The quite an engaging story, the book describes an event in the authors life. Yoko, then 13, her 17-year old sister, and 21-year old brother became refugees to stakes World War II Japan. Hoping for the better life, they escape from North Korea altogether to find extreme hardship in the new land.The novel does not feature the series of quick actions only when is able to transfer real-to-life feelings and emotions of the blood relation trio. In quite a charming way it tells how these three young battalion settled down in their first desolate home, owners of which were square-toed and benign people. Especially the meaningful were their interactions. However, the terrible fire in the warehouse kills their landlords and puts one of the siblings in a hospital. In addition, their problems are multiplied by a terrible blame of the setting the fire and killing the kind couple. Homeless and hungry they fasten together, spending most time in the hospital room by the bed of their sibling. Yoko, once the product of the center of attention class family, experienced homelessness, hunger, terrible treatment by her classmates, and at clock impossible despair. Her mother has died, her father was a POW, and seeing as her twain older siblings had to clean toilets to get scraps for her to survive was beyond desperation, but full of humility.This novel teaches us how important the family ties are, those that despite of, at times, actually difficult circumstances in life, help us survive and gull better of ourselves. This novel also teaches us, that despite the adversities, there are people who are wiling to help, like an odd Burakumin couple they met under the bridge. This novel is some how people, especially young people, can preserve their dignity despite impossibly difficult circumstance that at time life presents.I pictorial matter of what I read was not about the adventure this trio experienced but about the yielding motif, White righteous men should leap out?Refe rencesWatkins, Y. K. 1996. My brother, my sister, and I. (add publisher)