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- Mrs. Rigsby
- I grew up in a suburb of Chicago and attended the University of Missouri at Columbia for my undergrad. I have a Masters in Elementary Education from Regis. I come from a family with four kids. My sister is a teacher in Chicago. One of my brothers lives here and the other one lives in Chicago. I moved here because my husband loved Colorado and I loved him. As it turns out,I love Colorado as well.
Yes, Manjiro does become a Samurai. He becomes a Samurai because Lord Yamauchi wants to teach young samurai’s the barbarian language. At first you think he wont be a samurai and that Japan will still kill foreigners when they enter. When it says there in prison and then they move to another prison and then they get released you think he’s going to go to his home and live with his mother if she’s still alive, but you never think he will become a Samurai.
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Yes, Manjiro does become a Samurai. He becomes a Samurai because Lord Yamauchi wants to teach young samurais the barbarian language. At first you think Manjiro wont be a samurai and that Japan will still kill foreigners when they enter. When Denzo, Goemon, and Manjiro go to the different prisons and then got released, one think that Manjiro will absolutely never become a Samurai; then when he does your confused, but happy.
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sorry about the other one i messed up on it.
Yes Manjiro did become a Samurai. In the book, the messenger said, "They even say he will be made a Samurai himself." I think Manjiro got to be a Samurai because the lords made a mistake and relized that his story was true. As an apology they decided his family from now on would be the highest ranked class possible. Manjiro didn't expect to become a Samurai, I think that he thought he was going to be killed by the shogun, when the messenger arrived at his home and said he was going to have to leave.
ReplyDeleteI think Manjiro did become a samurai. I think that because Manjiro was supposed to train children that are going to become samurais. Maybe he didn't qualify because he ate american food every morning. However, he became a samurai in his heart because he was loyal and respectful like a samurai.that's why i think Manjiro became a samurai.
ReplyDeletemanjiro did become a samurai but the lowest Rank it stays this epologe when it tell you what happens afterward and he helps stop Japan's insulation and Let Americans dock at Japanese's ports.So he did become A samuri even thou it was lowest rank that he became
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Manjiro was never a real samurai, but in his heart he was the best samurai in history. In fact, if I were in his position, I would have probably would have backed out and gone back to Japan like my friends. I would not have learned a new language. Or find words to come out of my mouth when I met the captain after Jolly died. He has all the courage in the universe if he was brave enough to do that.
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The epilogue tells me that Manjiro did become a samurai. Four examples of this (one from the epilogue and three from the actual book) are… Suddenly Manjiro with his unique first-hand knowledge of America was needed in Edo by order of the shogun. He was appointed as a samurai to the shogun, allowed to carry swords and to take a second name. Another example is… “But others say…that Lord Yamauchi wants to teach young samurai the barbarian’s language…they even say that he will be made a samurai himself.” The next example is… Children he did not recognize swarmed around asking “who are you? Are you the famous man from this village?”
ReplyDelete”No, I am not famous,” he said. That is why I think that Manjiro definitely did become a samurai.
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