Examining Culture and Prejudice in Literature — Test

Question 21 • Expository Reading and Writing

What is a theme in Dwight Okita’s poem "In Response to Executive Order 9066"?

Answer

President Roosevelt was a wise and careful decision maker.

The US had to intern Japanese Americans to secure domestic borders.

Executive Order 9066 unfairly targeted Japanese Americans.

Many Japanese Americans were undercover spies for the enemy.

Explanation

The poem presents the experience of a Japanese American girl whose life is disrupted by Executive Order 9066 and the forced removal of Japanese Americans during World War II. Its details show the order’s unfair and harmful impact on people because of their ancestry, supporting the theme that Japanese Americans were unfairly targeted. The poem does not portray them as spies or argue that internment was necessary.

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