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old man gower
Who was involved? this involved Naomi and her next door neighbor
Where? her neighbors house
What happened? old man gower would abuse her -
Baby chicks die
Who was involved? Naomi and her mom
Where? her house
What happened? the chicks died because the mother hen killed them and Naomi and her mother tried to help the baby chicks -
Father gets sick
Who was involved? Naomi, her father, and other family members
Where? when father got sick he moved to sick bay while the family stayed in the ghost town
What happened? father got sick -
Naomi lost her doll
Who was involved? Naomi and her doll
What happened? Naomi lost her doll
Why did it happen? she thinks that the loss of her doll is equivalent to the poor association with her mother -
Ghost town (Slocan)
Who was involved? the whole family
Where? Slocan
What happened?Naomi and her family Move into a ghost town
Why did it happen? because father got sick -
Grandma Kato's letter
Who was involved? Naomi, Stephen, their mother, and Grandma Kato
Where? their mother in japan
What happened? Grandma Kato sent a letter to Naomi and Stephen telling about the Japanese bombings -
Visiting the coulee with uncle
Who was involved? Naomi and Uncle
Where did the event happen? the coulee
What happened? Naomi and Uncle went to visit the coulee
Why did it happen? Because of the visit to the coulee Naomi started to think about her past -
Uncles death
Who was involved? Naomi,Uncle, and Obasan
Where did it happen? Naomi was at work while she got the call -
Naomi's dream
Who was involved? Naomi/ Obasan
What happened? Obasan and Naomi went to search the attic and Naomi gets attacked by imaginary spiders. Naomi goes back to bed and dreams of robot lion dog coming out of the forest and yaws then she sees her uncle with a red rose in his mouth and then turns around and clouds cover everything -
The journal
Who was involved? Naomi and Aunt Emily
What happened? Naomi found Aunt Emily's journal which had Naomi's childhood basically from her Aunt's point of view
Why did it happen? Naomi got a clearer perspective of her childhood