Executive Order 9066: The President Authorizes Japanese Relocation Themes
Power
Just because E.O. 9066 is a government document doesn't mean it's exempt from thematic content. It may not be overflowing with themes like an Edgar Allan Poe story, but themes are definitely there....
Home
"E.O., phone home."Within a given text, not every theme is necessarily explicit. Often there are subtler ideas at play as well. And while the concept of power seems to bulldoze any sort of nuance f...
Rights Versus Privilege
So, in our discussion of "Home," we mentioned how the issue of rights versus privilege arises when we start to think about how the notion of home sweet home is altered by Executive Order 9066. What...