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Can you show the fisherman and his wife story I can't just do compare and contrast?
I am pretty sure that the main idea of the Interview with Marielle Tsukamoto was Japanese American internment. During the whole interview Marielle Tsukamoto tells about how she spent her time in an internment camp, shares her ideas about American citizens, her feelings of leaving lovely place, mentioned all her saddest memories and happy moments and praises her mother, I recommend you to read this article, it’s not a big one.
Repetition helps exaggerate a point that the author is trying to convey. It highlights the main idea of what that character in the story is trying to let readers understand when stating such phrases.