Aunt Emily is the lively spark that turns the small flame into a burning fire. She is the voice, while the others are the silence, insisting that “We have to deal with all this while we remember it. If we don’t we’ll pass our anger down in our genes. It’s the children who’ll suffer,” (Kogawa 38) She is completely at ease discussing and remembering the past, always protesting the cruelty of the treatment they endured. She can be blunt at times, sometimes having a difficult time realizing the challenge it is for her family to recall the past. However, it is clear she loves her family and is constantly trying to get them to stand up for themselves.
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