![]() ![]() In fact, it is quite often these smaller-scale acts of love and self-sacrifice that make practical differences in the lives of the characters, suggesting that even in times of extreme suffering, love can still be a powerful force for good. What’s more, the novel emphasizes that small acts of love can be just as meaningful as the kind of grand, lifelong love that Henry and Keiko share. ![]() Henry and Keiko’s story shows that love has the power to transcend all boundaries: the imagined distinction between Chinese and Japanese Americans, literal barriers such as fences around the internment camps where Keiko is imprisoned, and even time itself. They manage to keep their love and hope for the future alive despite Keiko being sent to a Japanese internment camp and both characters facing hatred and discrimination in nearly all facets of their lives apart from each other. In Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Asian Americans Henry and Keiko meet each other at a young age and maintain a lifelong bond despite being separated. ![]()
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