Rudaali Essays

“The Bracelet” by Yoshiko Uchida is a short story about Ruri, a Japanese girl in WWII being taken from her home to a concentration camp, and a bracelet her best friend Laurie gave to her before she moved to the concentration camp. Before Ruri is forced to leave, her best friend gives her a bracelet and makes her promise to never take it off. But on the way to the concentration camp, Ruri realizes that she lost the bracelet, and she panics. From the thoughts Ruri has, readers can learn that Yoshiko