Comment on theme

A major theme in this novel is the pursuit of the American dream. Those who believe in the American dream believe that those who work hard can earn a better life for themselves. It was this better life that many of the women who came to America from Japan hoped they would be able to enjoy. After a life of work, however, the Japanese lost all of the things for which they’d worked when they were forced to move to interment camps shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.