Obasan

Plot Summary: Obasan is told in flashbacks by Naomi Nakane. It tells about her family’s treatment by the Canadian Government during WWII. Major Conflict/Resolution: The major conflict in Obasan was the way the Nakane family was moved around and taken away from all that was theirs. The conflict wasn’t ever really resolved. The war ended, and they still were not allowed to go home. Eventually, the children grew up and Stephen moved …

…beets? That is one telling. It’s not how it was. (p236) "My father’s dead," I reply as calmly as if I were offering the time of day. But a few moments after I say it, I find myself collapsed on the sofa with a sharp pain in my abdomen and a perspiration forming on my forehead. (p252) Gentle Mother, we were lost together in our silences. Our wordlessness was our mutual destruction. (p291)