Joseph W. Salinas But it is not enough to be American only in the eyes of the law and it is not enough to be only half an American and know that it is an empty half. I am not your son and I am not Japanese and I am not American . . . . I wish with all my heart that I were Japanese or that I was American. (Okada 16) Life is a never-ending struggle. It is a personal struggle. A struggle to find a purpose. A meaning. All humans seem to be searching for that simple, yet elusive trait that makes them individuals. It is called “identity.” The main character in John Okada’s novel No-No Boy, Ichiro Yamada, faced this dilemma. Be