When the Emperor was Devine

The first couple chapters in this book have a way of appealing to different emotions. One way this was done was by showing a switching of potitions. In the first chapter, the mother was forced to stay strong when dealing with the issue of havin to leave and go to the interment camp. She gets rid of the animals, and stays strong as she gets her kids prepared to take the trip. She is forced to stay strong through this difficult time because the father is around and she doesnt want her kids to worry eventhough she is scared of what lies in the future for them. Where the author appeals to emtion is the switch in the second chapter. On the train ride the daughter decideds to be the stronger one and takes some of the load off her mother. She doesnt want her brother to worry so she tells him what he wants to hear such as the fact that they will get to see 8 horses when her brother ask. She also tries to stop her mother from worrying when she tells her that the man she met near the bathroom said everything was going to be ok. He didnt really say this but the daughter didnt want her mother to worry or be scared anymore so it was as if she took the role as the parent to protect her familly since her father was not there and since she could tell her mother couldnt handle the stress. This appealed to emotion because it made the realization of what was going to happen more real and scary when the daughter had to take the role and be strong.