The panel shows George standing on the left side, the fence in the middle, and trees beyond with the crow’s call echoing in the air. When George and his family reach their assigned block, he hears a crow call outside the fence and stands up to look outside. It also serves as a coping mechanism, allowing him to think that the fencing keeps him safe from what lives and hunts outside of the camp. It creates, within the young George’s mind, a sense of fear but also wonderment. The conjoining of the animalistic imagery with the fencing is something that occurs throughout the narrative. The next panel shows Takei and his family looking out of the window at nothing but barbed wire fencing with some wood planks. George and his brother imagine that the announcer says, “Roar,” and they picture lions with guns in their head. Takei’s first introduction to the barbed wire fence occurs as the train rolls into Rohwer.
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