~ELEMENTS OF THE STORY

©PLOT

•RURI RECEIVES A GOLD BRACELET FROM HER

FRIEND JUST BEFORE SHE,HER MOTHER AND HER
SISTER LEAVE THEIR HOME FOR AN INTERNMENT
CAMP.WAR IS RAGING ACROSS THE SEA, AND
BECAUSE JAPANESE-AMERICAN LOOK LIKE THE
ENEMY,THEY ARE THE ENEMY. EMI’S FATHER HAS
ALREADY BEEN REMOVED TO A P.O.W. CAMP IN
MONTANA BECAUSE HE WORKED FOR A JAPANESE
COMPANY. WHEN THE GIRL LOSES THE BRACELET,
SHE DISCOVERS THAT IT IS NOT NECESARRY TO
HAVE OBJECTS TO REMEMBER IMPORTANT PEOPLE
AND PLACES; THEY LIVE IN ONE’S MIND.

PLOT 2

RURI AND HER FAMILY, ALONG WITH OTHER

PEOPLE OF JAPANESE DESCENT ON THE WEST
COAST, WERE UPROOTED BY THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT AND FORCED TO GO TO AN
INTERNMENT CAMP DURING WORLD WAR 2.

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«CHARACTERS

•RURI • LAURIE MADISON

•THE MOTHER • keiko

•FBI • MRS. SIMPSON

• THE FATHER • JAPANESE SOLDIER

• THE MAYOR • MR. NOMA

«SETTING

1. RURI HAS TO MOVE TO JAPAN TO THE UNITED

STATES. BEFORE SHE LEFT, HER FRIEND GAVE HER
A BRACELET. AFTER SHE GOT THE BRACELET,
THEY HAD TO MOVE. WHEN THEY GOT TO THE
BRACELET THEY GOT TO LIVE IN A APARTMENT.
SHE MADE A LOT NEW FRIENDS AND HAD TO DO
LOTS OF DIFERRENCE ABOUT HERSELF DURING
THE WORLD WAR.

2. IN THE INTERNMENT CAMP WHERE RURI AND

HER FAMILY ARE BEING SENT, WHERE ALL
JAPANESE – AMERICANS MUST GO.

«CONFLICT
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• RURI’S CONFUSION AND SADNESS ABOUT BEING
FORCE INTO A WAR DURING HER YOUNG AGE. SHE
AND HER FAMILY WERE SHOCKED AND BEEN
SCARED BECAUSE THEY WORRIED ABOUT THEIR
SAFETY DURING THE WORLD WAR 2.

•WHEN RURI’S IMPORTANT THINGS GOT LOST

BECAUSE OF THE SCARE OF THE LETHAL THAT THE
WORLD WAR 2 WILL PRODUCE.

«RESOLUTION

•RURI’S MOTHER HELPS HER TO REALIZE THAT THE

PEOPLE SHE LOVES ARE CARRIED IN HER HEART,
AND SHE DOESN’T NEED ANY BRACELT OR THINGS
TO HELP HER REMEMBER IT.

•SHE MAKES FRIENDS DURING THE TIME THAT THE

WORLD WAR 2 OCCUR, SO SHE FEELS THAT SHE IS
NOT ALONE AND SHE HAS A FRIEND THAT WILL
HELP HER DURING THE WAR.

«THEME

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•YOU CANNOT KEEP YOURSELF FROM GROWING
OLD INSTEAD YOU NEED TO BE ALIVE TO GROW
OLD, AND THE BRACELET SYMBOLIZE FRIENDSHIP
AND BEING LOVE BY OTHERS EPECIALLY WHEN
HARD TIME OCCURS IN LIFE.

•THIS STORY IS ABOUT EXTREME

MISUNDERSTANDING THAT CAN CAUSE
CATHASTROPHIC OR DISASTROUS MANNERS.

±MORAL LESSON±

FRIENDS ARE THE FAMILY YOU CHOOSE, AND ALSO

THE PEOPLE YOU ARE SAHRE MOST OF LIFE’S
HARDEST AND BEST TIMES WITH AND IT CARES
HOW IMPORTANT PEOPLE CAN BE IN OUR LIVES,
AND TO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE AND THE
STORY TEACHES HOW TO OBTAIN SYMPATHY AND
FRIENDSHIP THAT HELPS PEOPLE TO OBTAIN
PEACE.

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 THE BRACELET

BY:YOSHIKO UCHIDA

SUBMITTED TO: MS. ANGELINE C. SORIANO

SUBMITTED BY: JAMES CEDRICK M. ALIM

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