Oh, I forgot!
If it helps, you can look at it this way: there is another set expression that goes: dar por hecho, which means to take for granted (or, more literally, to take something for a done deal). Darse por vencido works the same way: you take yourself for defeated. So you feel defeated, ie you give up/in.
Thanks, I like that way of looking at it!
I finished the book last night. I think I basically kept pace with the group. Kept meaning to check in after I looked through my bookmarked unknown words and made flashcards, but I just haven’t been in a flashcard mood lately. Still need to go through those notes…
I didn’t realize as I was reading, but Tule Lake is less than 100 miles from the town where I grew up in southern Oregon. I learned about internment in school and I heard secondhand that a friend’s grandparents had been forcibly relocated and imprisoned (probably at Tule Lake now that I think of it), but this book is probably the most personal account of it that I have heard up until now.
I couldn’t help comparing this to Persépolis which I read recently, as they’re both memoir non-fiction. I definitely prefer the way Persépolis is told, where the person telling the story is also the artist and the perspective always sticks with the central character, whereas in this book we’ll see conversations that George wouldn’t have heard or learn about what’s going on in US government.
Still, I found this book very moving and learned a lot. I’m glad to have read it.
I have seen this movie in school many years ago but struggle to remember the name of it when recommending it to people. It was very touching.
