So far, the book's setting mainly took place on the boat that the women and girls are on to get to America to be with their husbands, who they have never met before. The steerage is described as dark and filthy with narrow beds and damp air. They ate the same meals every day laid in bed seasick at night. They also describe their previous lives. They remember the rules they leaned to live by from their mothers to be "good wives." and their dreams of the new life they will live in America.
My thoughts on the story are that it is very dark and depressing. There is a lot of longing for home and just miserable experiences from being on the ship. I really like the author style of writing and I like the little snippets of the girls personal memories and thoughts that are placed all throughout the text. I predict that when the women and girls arrive to America, they won't have the happy life that they were hoping for, considering the foreshadowing the author put into the book and the time period this story takes place. I think setting and theme will be very important because the change in setting is a very important part of the story with it being about immigrating from Japan to America. I think a similar kind of story could of happened somewhere else because a lot of different groups immigrate to America for a lot of different reasons. It could also take place in different time periods like 100 years ago, 50 years ago, or today which gives even more choice and opportunity for different variations of similar stories.
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