When the Emperor was Devine

The confession part of the book summed up the life of a Japanese during the time of the interment camp to me. The father was being interrogated and in his confession, instead of admitting to be the one they were looking for, he admitted to be every Japanese man in America. After Pearl Harbor, all the Japanese people were blamed for it when they took no part in the situation. The father was one of the men and he decided to confess knowing that whether he did or did not he still was going to be accused. During the confession it was as if he was tryin to just take on all of the things that his people may have done both good and bad. He said how he was the man who crept through windows and attacked his wife and daughters but he also was the buddist priest and the grocer. By doing this he also showed that he was also an American, that he was that same man whose their neighboor, their workers, their educators. It was more like a reality check to the officers who interregated him. Its as if he was saying that your accusing your everyday people who live just like Americans for a crime that other Japanese people done.