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00 Despite the fact that Joy Kogawa's novel Obasan concerns events which occurred over sixty years ago, the novel exposes issues which remain relevant to contemporary Canadian society. There have been issues which have caused problems in Canada. The novel, Obasan, exposes a number of these issues. Furthermore, some of the exposed issues still pertain to modern Canadian society. Such issues have become difficult to wipe out. Or people are not aware of such issues due to their ignorance. The first issue is racism which has always been able to infiltrate into Canadian society and create many conflicts. The second issue is war. War has the ability to tear families apart and ruin relationships such as the bond between the Canadian government and a certain population of Canada. The last issue is child molestation. Pedophilia is a problem at large and it is almost impossible to stem from society. All three of these issues uncovered in Kogawa's novel are still relevant to contemporary Canadian society.02br
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00 Racism is what caused the Canadian government sixty years ago to corrupt and intern Japanese-Canadian citizens. Racism is also very capable of destroying people. An example of the destruction of a person by racism in Obasan is Stephen. He was not physically destroyed but he changed mentally. After countless insults during his school life, the words finally hit their mark and Stephen began to adjust to the situation. He slowly became intolerant of his uncle and Obasan. Even spending time with his own family during school holidays made him feel uncomfortable. Then finally in his adulthood he completely discarded his Japanese identity. Another form of racism shown in the book is the internment camps. In 1970, the Canadian let the public look through government files regarding the possibility of Japanese spies. It was shown that the Japanese-Canadian citizens never posed a real threat to national security. The real reason they where interned was because of the racism against the Japanese at the time and nothing else. Also, before the funeral, (Chapter 34) Naomi converses with the Barkers. Though the war is over they are still extremely offensive to Naomi and Obasan. They ask " Have you ever been back to Japan?" This is extremely offense in the sense that they are hinting for Obasan to repatriate. This is what racism does. It's a poison that people inject into others with words. The poison will make the victim begin to hate them self or feel bad about them self. This is not always the case, sometimes the victim may retaliate or suicide. An example of retaliation in Obasan would be Aunt Emily who always writes about the injustices dealt to the Japanese-Canadian citizens. Canada is filled with racism, the general public is just unaware of how well concealed it has become. In present day Canada, Muslims are discriminated against, and are seen as terrorists. Not much has changed since the racism against the Japanese-Canadian. Racism is now regarded as something wrong. Sixty years ago, people were not afraid to show racism towards others. The fact is, the racism sixty years ago and the racism present day are not much different besides the fact that present day racism is viewed differently in the public eyes. 02br
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00 It is not foolish to say war affects not only the soldiers but also innocent people who have done nothing in a war. In Obasan, Naomi had many things happen to her without her consent. Many of these are linked to the war. Her family was forced to split up. Her father was usually in unknown whereabouts, her mother went back to Nagasaki,Japan to visit Naomi's maternal grandmother and part of her family was interned in Housing Projects. The war caused Canada to impound the Japanese-Canadians because the Canadian government feared that they may be spies for Japan during the time. And after the war, Japanese-Canadians in Canada were changed forever.While in Slocan Naomi speaks of how her family is fractured and permanently destroyed. Yet it is ironic how beautiful the gardens of Slocan are at the same time. The author compares and contrasts something atrocious to something magnificent such as flowers. Some Japanese-Canadians decided to repatriate and some decided to disperse across the provinces of Canada. Nowadays, Canada has decided to continue its peace keeping activities in Afghanistan. Though no kinds of internments have been made for the Muslims, there have been unaccounted for arrests. On June 10,2006, seventeen Muslims were arrested and charged for "terrorism." Though they did not provoke such charges they were arrested any ways. This proves how paranoid the government becomes in times of war. Any person who arouses suspicion is immediately put under arrest. Sixty years ago it was much worse, whole populations of races would be interned. It is a bit better now but not a whole lot better. War puts pressure on countries and such pressure brings bad decisions which lead to the injustices that are done. A good way to describe the government would be in Obasan, when Stephen destroys all of the butterflies. He represents the government. The defenceless people are the butterflies who are innocent and cannot fight back. This is how it is during times of war, and the government will wipe out anything that they dislike whether it is for racist reasons or "national security."02br
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00 Pedophilia is one of the best kept secrets. In the novel, Naomi is molested repeatedly by Old Man Gower. Naomi does not wish to tell anyone about this. This is why pedophilia is so hard to stop. The victim is ashamed with them self so they do not seek help. Instead, they try to forget and ignore it. This is why there is still pedophilia today and probably in the next millennia. Pedophilia is still evident in contemporary Canadian society. Every so often, the media will have a story about kids being forced into child pornography. An example is Paul Neil who molested many young boys. Many victims will never speak about their abuse and therefore the criminal is never punished. Pedophilia existed back then and it will still continue to exist in the future. 02br
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00 Issues in Obasan bare certain relevance to modern Canadian society. Many events tend to repeat them self even if they become smaller and much more discreet. Before racism was openly shown, now it is more concealed but it is still there. War causes pain for many others even though they aren't fighting the war. They suffer because of racism or loss of family and thus; issues on racism and war are almost intertwined. It is possible that if there was no racism, the Japanese-Canadian may not have been interned or forced into labour or had their property and possessions take away. Pedophilia is a cancer in society and for now it has no cure. Pedophilia was portrayed in the novel as a silencer. Those who became victims of molestation would never speak of it. These issues have found a place in the time of Naomi Nakane. And now they have also found a place in contemporary Canadian society.02br
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