The story “the Bracelet” by Yoshiko Uchida talks about a girl named Ruri and her family, who was taken to the concentration camp in the United States. It was World War II between the United States and Japan and every Japanese person or descendent of one, was taken to a concentration camp, because they were considered spies. Ruri was very scared because she did not know what to expect and she did not know what was going to happen to them. Most of all, she was scared because of the soldiers who were standing at the doorway with guns. On the way to the camp she saw and remembered a food store, where her mother used to order beans – curd cakes and pickled relish. One detail that she noted was sign in the bus “We are loyal Americans”. At that moment she was thinking that they are really loyal Americans, because they had been living in the United States for very long time. Even her sister and she were citizens because they were born in the United States. However, her parents could not become citizens because of the law where any Asian could not become a US citizen. It was a very hard time for Ruri, and she felt like she was going to prison, even if she did not do anything.
When they arrived at the camp, after doctor controls, they went to see their apartment assigned with the number 40. Ruri was very excited because she was going to live in an apartment. She remembered when her piano teacher lived in an apartment and the building had an elevator. She was very excited because they were going to have the elevator. However, her apartment used to be a horse stall, very small and with two small windows. Her mother told them not to worry about how the apartment looks, because they were going to make it very beautiful. After some time Ruri noticed that she lost the bracelet that Laurie gave to her. She looked everywhere and she felt very bad when she realized that the bracelet was not in camp. She did not stop looking for it all the time that they were there. When they moved to the other camp she gave up, but her mother told her that it is more important what we have in our hearts than what we take with us. She realized that her mother was right and she was never going to forget Laurie.
When they arrived at the camp, after doctor controls, they went to see their apartment assigned with the number 40. Ruri was very excited because she was going to live in an apartment. She remembered when her piano teacher lived in an apartment and the building had an elevator. She was very excited because they were going to have the elevator. However, her apartment used to be a horse stall, very small and with two small windows. Her mother told them not to worry about how the apartment looks, because they were going to make it very beautiful. After some time Ruri noticed that she lost the bracelet that Laurie gave to her. She looked everywhere and she felt very bad when she realized that the bracelet was not in camp. She did not stop looking for it all the time that they were there. When they moved to the other camp she gave up, but her mother told her that it is more important what we have in our hearts than what we take with us. She realized that her mother was right and she was never going to forget Laurie.
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