Obasan | Chapters 15-23: Summary and Analysis
New Characters
Nomura-obasan: An elderly woman in Slocan who lives with the Nakanes.
Rough Lock Bill: A gruff older bachelor who lives in Slocan.
Percy Bower: A white boy and bully who lives in Slocan.
Miyuki: A friend of Naomi.
Kenji: A friend of Naomi who inadvertently nearly causes her to drown.
Yuki and Reiko: Naomi’s schoolmates who snub her at the Slocan bathhouse.
Summary
It is 1942, and Naomi, Obasan, and Stephen, whose leg remains in a cast, travel by train from British Columbia east to...
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