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Nisei Daughter, by Monica Sone, is an autobiographical account of the author’s life as a second generation Japanese-American living before, during, and after World War II. As a Nisei, living in the United States in the 30’s and 40’s she recalls the ups but also the downs. Having to endure the butts of racial slurs, blatant discrimination, and the internment of Japanese and Japanese-Americans were all obstacles that she and her family had to bear. A more subtle yet noticeable struggle Monica Sone presents to us, is her inner struggle with her identity and the wide generational gap between her Issei-parents and herself. These two struggles are delicately intertwined and it is only when Executive Order #9066 arrange the internment of not only Japanese living in the US but Japanese-Americans as well, she realizes how trivial the generation gap really is. It is when she finds her inner self, that she realizes and celebrates her parent’s differences. As a second-generation Japanese-American, Sone’s take on the events of the 1940s differed from that of her first-generation immigrant parents. Throughout the book, the author described differences between her parents and herself. She describes her parent’s Japanese cul