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The Bracelet By Yoshiko Uchida

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“The Bracelet” by Yoshiko Uchida is about a girl named Ruri who has to be evacuated to a Concentration Camp with her family. Before Ruri leaves for the concentration camp her best friend(Laurie Madison) gives her a bracelet so that Ruri doesn’t forget her. She promised Laurie that she wouldn’t lose the bracelet but when she gets to the camp she notices that it is not on her wrist, she spends a long time in a panic trying to find it until her mom finally says she doesn't need anything to remember Laurie by because she will always be in Ruri’s heart. Through Ruri’s feelings, she needs to realize that, No matter how far apart from one another, can always have a stronger friendship.

At the beginning of the story, Ruir and her family are being evacuated from their house because of a war that is going on. Just before she is about to leave the house her best friend shows up at her door with a gift for Ruir.“ When I opened the door… It was my best friend, Laurie Madison, From next door. She thrust the preset at me and told me it was something to take to camp. ‘It’s a bracelet,’ she said before I could open the package. ‘Put it on so you won't have to pack it.’’(Page 24) The girls believe that by having …show more content…

She said I didn’t need a bracelet to remember Laurie… ‘Those are things we can carry in our hearts and take with us no matter where we are sent’ She said. And I guess she was right. I’ve never forgotten Laurie, even now.”(page 27) A best friend is someone that will always be in the heart and mind. Nobody needs anything to remember anyone by as long as the love and care for them is there. So Ruri’s mom knew that she loves Laurie. That's why her mom told her she doesn't need any item to remember her. Any friendship will be stronger when the love and care are there for that

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