Charactersation Amy Sumoto is the first person narrator of the story “The War between the Classes” by “Gloria D. Miklowitz. The story is told from her point of view. She is the protagonist in the story. Amy is 17 years old, Amy is her nickname; her real name is Emiko. Amy is a Japanese girl, her parents have emigrated to the USA but they still live their Japanese traditions . Emiko grows up in a middle class neighbourhood. Her boyfriend Adam is an American boy, which is a big conflict between Amy and her parents, her parents distrust anyone who isn’t like them. Sometimes she is sad about that but if she is together with her boyfriend Adam she is happy and Amy is really in love with him. The first impression I got when I read the book was that Amy Sumoto is a responsible young woman who tries to suite everybody. She is going to high school, her most preferred teacher is Mr Ray Otero who organises the colour game. Amy participates in the colour game as a “Blue” (the blue colour is the highest colour. The “blues” live a good life, visit private schools and have much money.) but she does not like being a “Blue” because she is not allowed to talk to her boyfriend Adam because he is a “Orange” (the lowest class, always in trouble with the law) furthermore she says “as a blue you have to be heartless and egoistic” what she isn’t. Partly she was really sad and unhappy because she couldn’t talk to her boyfriend and he ignored her. That really made her sad. Her brother Hideo and his woman Sue were having a baby so Amy was becoming aunt. That turned her really happy but Sue lost her baby.After her demotion as an “Orange” she feels better because she can talk to her boyfriend whenever she wants and they all hold together; Amy says about being an “Orange”: “One nice thing about being an Orange is getting together like this [meeting of all Oranges]. When I was a Blue, we never met after school.” (cf. P.79 l. 1-4). This quote shows that she is really glad and happy about being an Orange. Amy is very helpful, she tutors Adams sister in maths. Moreover she is usually very friendly and polite towards others. For example in the color game she does not treat someone bad only because he is of a lower color. She never gives up not either she has become an Orange p.33 l.33 “It wasn’t in my nature to try to fail”.In conclusion you can characterize Amy as a friendly, helpful, nice, strong young woman.