Something Alive

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"Something Alive" Is a graphic novel written by Jem Yoshioka. A girl was born in New Zealand along with her parents, but her grandmother was born in Japan and travelled to New Zealand. Her features are unclear and misleading, but her accent blends smoothly when everyone else is  talking. Her dad however has no choice he looks exactly like his grandfather. She feels misread. And feels lost in Japan and New Zealand. People like to tell her things about Japan, and others like to ask questions about Japan. She dislikes being told things she already knows and hates to be reminded that she doesn't know a lot about her culture. But when she feels lost she has her family and most of all her grandmother, she tells her to learn more about Japan. Her grandmother is proud of her culture and her life here. She says that heritage is a living part of all of us, a thing to pursue.