![]() "Usually dependable, but at times, deceptive." This may well be a principle which defines our nation. "Memory is a wily keeper of the past," he writes. This contrast, Takei says, will remain with him for the rest of his life. ![]() The tension between Takei's childhood memory (he was five at the time of his family's imprisonment) and his adult perspective make the already harrowing story that much more devastating, as happy memories of traveling on a train across the country are subsumed by the reasons for the journey. ![]() Like so many others, Takei's family was forced to abandon their home and belongings and board a train their destination unknown, their safety uncertain. Instead, it's a heartfelt story of the four years Takei and his family spent in an internment camp, prisoners of the United States government, because of their Japanese ethnicity.īy now the larger story is well known: after the attack on Pearl Harbor, anti-Japanese sentiment grew to a fever pitch, resulting in the imprisonment of over 120,000 Japanese Americans, most of whom were born in the United States. One could be forgiven for assuming George Takei's graphic memoir might be a fun diversion about his time on Star Trek or his third act turn as a social media icon. ![]()
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