The next morning his mother's attempted intervention at the army office doesn't work and instead Koji and his mother are assigned to the Alameda Downs Assembly Center. Then they receive a letter informing them that Koji is to be sent to a "relocation camp" because he's considered an "enemy alien". Koji's mother believes that things will quiet down, but the abuse continues both at school and on the street. He arrives home to find his mother crying and learns that FBI agents have taken their radio from anyone who is Japanese. Koji eats lunch alone and is refused entry onto a streetcar. Instead of helping him, Principal Dorfman accuses Koji of being a troublemaker.
And at school he gets into a fight after another student calls him a "Jap". He overhears people suggesting that every Japanese person should be sent back to Japan.
The next day Koji begins to experience hostility from people as he walks to school.
That night he has a dream that his father was flying on the planes. Although Koji tries to focus on his homework, it is impossible.
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