Emperor 2

I really liked the in-class writing question that we had on Friday so I would like to continue my blog post on that.  To me the clear answer to the question about the horses was that they represented freedom and they kind of represented the Japanese as well.  The horses were brought over by the Spaniards and freed, but they aren't free forever. At least not all of the horses some of the horses are captured by cowboys, according to the daughter.  When I read that line I immediately began to think of the horses as the Japanese and the cowboys represented the American government.  The cowboys think they can do whatever they want and capture the horses whenever they feel like it just like Americans and the American government think that they are entitled to everything and can do whatever they want as well. The horses are just kind of innocent creatures that have been freed and allowed to run wild, similar to the Japanese.  They have made the trip over to the United States they want to work towards the best life possible and the Americans are intruding on their freedom.  They come in and take, take, take. Just as the cowboys do. The horses represent freedom because they are everything that the boy and girl aren't right now.  They are allowed to run free and do as they please. But these poor children have been uprooted from their lives because of the choices of a few of their kind.  A large group of Japanese people ruined it for everyone and it is very unfair. So I believe that the horses represent the freedom that these kids wish they had again.  The horses are also kind of a representation of the American dream for immigrants.  They were brought over by people and set free and allowed to make what they could out of the world.  The mother came over from Japan and had 2 children and has tried to make the best out of this great opportunity she was given but there's people intruding on her dream just like there are people intruding on the lives of the horses.