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Comparison of "Geronimo" and "the bracelet" - Tiffany Mease

One of the main comparisons I picked out between the novel "Geronimo" and the picture book "the bracelet" was the harshness of white people. In "Geronimo", their tribe was forced into exile by the "white eyes" simply because they were different. The White Eyes felt that the Native Americans were a threat to the United States and should be exiled to a place where they could keep a close watch on them. Reading this book really made me ashamed to be a descendant of those closed-minded people. In "the bracelet", the Japanese-Americans were forced into internment camps following the bombing at Pearl Harbor. Sure, the United States at that time was fearful of other things that could be done to our country. However, I do not think it was right to force people who were born here into internment camps just because they were of the same race as our enemy. Those Japanese-Americans were Americans in the same right. They were born here just like the people heading our government and, again, I am ashamed.

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