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Yum's Character From 'Anthem': Change And Personal Growth

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Chloe Shin Mr. Hanley ELA 8-7 March 24, 2023 The character that went through the most change and personal growth was Yum-Yum. She had the most change during the book because she had to take care of her family since her dad was taken by the FBI, and her mom was very ill and couldn’t take care of her and her brother. Yum-Yum’s brother, Fred was only nine so he couldn’t take care of himself. This situation caused Yum-Yum to take care of everybody and take care of the household. She was affected by the internment camps because now she had a more difficult environment which means it would be more difficult to take care of her younger brother and her mother. She was also very brave in this book because she would always have expectations of her from her father and that she needed to take care of everyone and be a good daughter. This situation showed that she was brave because she stopped taking care of everyone else and decided to take care of her first even though she knows her dad will be disappointed. She also had the courage to rebel and stop replying to her father's letters. She also made a decision to stand up for herself and decided to rebel …show more content…

On Day 27 in the internment camps, something in Yum-Yum changed, now she sneaks out with her friends and boyfriend as soon as she puts her brother to sleep. She stays out for hours or even minutes, she likes to think of her and her friends outside like a regular day in California, like they are regular teenagers and there are no camps. In the chapter she states “But at night, I am someone else. I sneak out after he’s fallen asleep, and I wander the camp. Sometimes Keiko joins me. Sometimes we meet up with Shig and the boys and Hiromi in her blond wig. Sometimes we’re out for hours. Sometimes minutes. But for those hours, those minutes, we pretend there is no roll call, there is no barbed wire, there is just darkness and rebellion and laughter ringing out into

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