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Did you know that people from Japanese heritage were sent to camps for 6 years due to World War II? This story is about a kid that is shipped off to a camp and builds a baseball field. The three scene that's i’m going to be talking about is when he hits a homerun, when he builds the baseball field and when he gets out of the camp. Most people think this story is about a kid who gets shipped off to a camp but it’s about a kid who learns that he can anything if he puts his mind to it. One reason that you can do anything if you put your mind to it is when he hits the ball over the fence when everyone was doubting him. To support this everyone in the field was calling him a jap and saying that he was no good at baseball. He made the home run after they thought he could not. This is because he got mad because everyone was calling him a jap and he wanted to prove them wrong. He usually struck out. Sometimes he got a single. But at that very moment he did what he and nobody else thought he would do which is hit a homerun. Obviously this surprised everyone including himself. This was a big accomplishment for Shorty and the rest of the team. This proves that he did what he thought was …show more content…
To support this, Shorty’s dad stated that they needed to build a baseball field. A baseball stadium costs a lot of money and time. The book makes it sound like they did this with no money and little time. To support this, Shorty’s dad stated that they needed to build a baseball field. A baseball stadium costs a lot of money and time. Shorty makes it sound like that they did this with little to no money or time. Usually a baseball stadium takes 10,000 dollars to possibly million. This likely shocked him that with everybody's help in the camp they built a baseball field. This proves that he did what he thought he would likely never do which is to build a baseball

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