Cocktail Party, written by Oshiro Tatsuhiro, is a first-person narrative story about the protagonist, an Okinawan who maintains an affable relationship with the American occupiers, finds out eventually that his identity, differentiating from the occupiers, prevented him from seeking justice for his daughter who was assaulted by an American soldier. The power dynamics are ubiquitous throughout Cocktail Party. The characters’ national identities as American, Chinese, mainland Japanese and Okinawan became a prominent factor on how they interact with each other through words, behaviors, and inner feelings. Regardless the protagonist’s willingness to create and protect a delusion that Okinawans and American occupiers could reside harmonically and