"Honesty," Mr. Takemoto would say, "is the glue to any society. Without it the best society falls apart. Dishonesty is almost always dishonesty without money. That's why the merchant class is considered the lowest in Japan, below the samurai, farmer, and artisan. Without honesty there can be no trust, no sincerity." I think that what Mr. Tokemoto was trying to say is what the main theme of our class has been all along. What is a society without honesty? Without lies there could be no honesty and without honesty there could be no lies. I think when he says "without honesty there can be no trust, no sincerity" he is trying to say that without honesty we can't have trust with in people. Tosh and Kiyoshi under stand this when Mr. Takemoto would tell them in a more abstract way. He would use story's so they could get the importance of sincerity, honesty, and trust. Without any of these important things we would have a very corrupted society.
Kiyoshis father later on hides 7,000 dollars and donates it the the Red Cross. The FBI comes and questions him if he is on the enemy's side or Americas side. I think it was very courageous of him to answer the way he did. It showed great honesty and integrity. He showed that he was not going to let the FBI intimidate him. His father also showed integrity (which is part of honesty) when Kiyoshi mentioned that his father would take Kiyoshi and his friends out fishing and waste gas, ice, and bait just to treat him. I think that this family is built on honesty. Tosh and Kiyoshi's mother don't hold anything back when talking to each other. They fight but at least they aren't talking behind each other's backs. I think that this book was very interesting and it kept me highly interested. I am so glad we got the opportunity to read this and I would love to read more from this author. I now have an in depth view of what went on in Hawaii and the challenges the Japanese people had to face.
I agree sincerity honesty and trust are the importance of this book, its amazing to me what everyone has picked out to write about in Part III about this book. Yours is very interesting in itself as you found the book interesting I can see that in your writing. Virtues are good to have and instill a very faithful credible person. We truly do see a family bond, such as pulling parents out of debt, supporting each other in the time of law, and also putting yourself out to enjoy one another...this is family unity. Very good input thanks for the reading !! Daye
ReplyDeleteI agree that Kiyoshi's father showed honestry and integrity when talking to the FBI about the money. With the 7,000 he gave back to the Japanese families and donating some to the red cross showed integrity. While how he talked to the FBI he was very honest about what he did and the questions they asked him. What did shock me about the book is how it was told during the hardest parts of the war. The challenges Kiyoshi and his family faced are nowhere like what my family went through. For my family it was way worse and this could be from living on the mainland and not the islands. It was a different to see how the author wrote this part of the book and would like to know if this was really how it was on the islands.
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