No-No Boy | Style
Setting
The novel gives a realistic picture of the Japanese immigrant area of Seattle, which includes Jackson Street, where Ichiro and his family live, and extends from Fifth to Twelfth Avenue. Known as “Japanese town,” it is adjacent to another immigrant area known as Chinatown. Both areas are known for the prevalence of gambling, prostitution, and drinking. They are also impoverished and have gotten worse in the four years Ichiro has been away: “Everything looked older and dirtier and shabbier.” In Chinatown, the brick buildings are “more black than red...
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