Unbroken And Manzanar Comparison

In the novel Farewell to Manzanar, the author Jeanne Watatsuki Houston and James D Houston, they try to convey the theme prejudice. Throughout the novel the Japanese have to face the struggle of being the outgroup. “What had they charged him with? We didn't know that either, until an article appeared the next day in Santa Monica paper, saying he had been arrested for delivering oil to Japanese submarines offshore”(Houston 8). This shows prejudice against the Japanese because Papa has had this job for a while, and they didn't have any problems with it before. They just now start showing prejudice against a the Japanese because of the Pearl Harbor attacks, and are treating the Japanese unfairly. The author also conveys the theme prejudice against

Thinking about all the horrible things people have done to each other over the course of this world’s history could be enough for some to lose hope in humanity. The two memoirs, Night by Elie Wiesel and Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James P. Houston, that were written about two of the worst things that people have done to other people in this world’s history. The first book mentioned, Night by Elie Wiesel, is the author’s real life account of his experience as a jewish young man during the holocaust. Similar to Night, Farewell to Manzanar is a memoir about Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston’s experience as a little japanese girl living in an american japanese relocation center during world war 2. As most can imagine,

From two different perspectives of the war, the author of this book showed that, depending on location and timing, everyone can be affected differently by warfare. It followed the story of two children who grew up on opposite sides of World War II. When their paths crossed, they developed feelings for one another, disregarding the fact that their historical circumstances placed them on opposing sides of the war. In the book All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr depicted how internal principles were able to overpower external pressures.

Farewell to Manzanar follows the story of Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, a once young Japanese American born citizen who underwent not only racial isolation in an internment camp but societal assimilation. Upon leaving Manzanar Jeanne and her family still felt the repression quoting “We never mentioned camp, It was so subconscious...like it was a bad dream or that there was some shame involved with it. So you just don’t refer to it,”-The Legacy of “Farewell to Manzanar.” Jeanne consistently talks about this form of shame after leaving the camps, Leading one to strongly believe she was more so a victim than a hero. The article, The Legacy of “Farewell to Manzanar” goes on to talk about Houston and her family’s life within the camp, and how the entire time they strived to adjust to

“Sometimes we have to stop being scared and just go for it. Either it will work or it won’t. That’s life.” Most people experience hard situations in their lives and have to deal with difficulties, but their reactions to the hardships are different. Some can manage their problems while others give up. When we face hard conditions and everything seems unmanageable, we should keep cool and have many positive feelings to continue in the best way. We should try to learn how to control our behavior in tough situations. If we can deal with our situations, we can overcome difficulties easily with confidence. In the story of Farewell to Manzanar written by Jeanne Wakatsuki and James D. Houston, the story shows how war

The two authors went through terribles experiences in the camps they were sent to and the time they spent there and what they underwent changed and impacted

Farewell to Manzanar it relates to a dark side of the United States and how part of its population were affected. This book focuses on the life of a seven years old child whose name is Wakatsuki, and his American family of Japanese descent who lives in Santa Monica, California. In the early 40s after the attack on Pearl Harbor, her father (Yuki Shimoda) is accused of selling Japanese submarine fuel and he is imprisoned. After the he is arrested, his family is sent to an internment camp in Manzanar, California, along with them many people with Japanese American descent. Farewell to Manzanar exposes not only what happened to Wakatsuki’s family after the humiliation of her father was arrested, but it also tries to make us see the uncertainty she felt of he was going to be treated by whites after his release. The novel tries to expose the limits that the human spirit is capable of reaching.

Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston focuses on the mistreatment of Japanese Americans during World War II. As the reader attempts to uncover the meaning behind the story, they will learn of a family’s personal life experience during and after internment. Many will say that it was a result of White Americans who feared for their safety. However, Jeanne Wakatsuki and James D. Houston argue that Japanese Americans were the center focus of racism.

In the 1940s WWII was in full swing. People in both Europe and America were having their civil liberties taken away from them wrongly. In the story Night by Elie Wiesel and the story Return to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki-Houston show the real lives of people living in these camps. One of the most eye-opening parts of this book was the way Jeanne and Elie’s family were changed. Though their experience differed their biggest change was their relationships with their fathers.

The dust storms, the communal mess halls, and the open latrines are culturally insensitive examples of Japanese Americans at Manzanar. First, the living environment in the internment camps is harsh. Dust and sand cover the entire bare floor. They envelop the people’s entire mattress, clothes, furniture, and so on. The dust is so bad that Jeanne’s mother has to exclaim: “We can’t live like this. Animals live like this” (26). Next, with the birth of the communal mess halls, the internees stop eating as a family. Jeanne’s mother has to bring food to Granny in the barrack. Jeanne and her siblings begin eating with their friends, or they try other mess halls for better food. The Jeanne’s family “after three years of mess hall living, collapsed as an integrated unit” (37). Lastly, the foul latrines without partition make the living condition in the internment camps not only unclean, but lack of privacy at least a person should have. Like most of the people there, the using of latrines is a humiliation for Jeanne’s mother and she “just learned to endure: shikata ga nai, this cannot be helped” (33).

In the novel “Farewell to Manzanar” many people refused to leave the camp once they got used to it because they didn't want to face racial discrimination. Many people had to leave where they were from because they looked Japanese or they were related to Japanese people. In “Farewell to Manzanar” Jeanne Wakatsuki says “He burned a lot of papers too, documents, anything that might suggest he still had some connections with Japan.” Jeanne’s father didn't want them to think that just because he was Japanese that he had connections with Japan. Discrimination did not justify government to intern Japanese Americans because discrimination is very bad, it removes the equality that we all are supposed to

War impacts many people. Some of those people are more vulnerable than other. The book A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah, gives the readers insight into war’s horrid crimes. Within Sierra Leone, where the book takes place, a young boy is separated from his family during a civil war. He is then captured and is forced to fight in the war. Ishmael, the young boy, the author, shows traits of not only a victim, but also a victimizer. He falls victim to being forced into fighting within the war, but he also puts innocent people in danger and harm.

Farewell to Manzanar is a novel about the Japanese internment camps. This book was written by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston in 1973. This book sparks interest in the imprisonment of Japanese-Americans after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Papa, Jeanne’s father, is a very prideful Japanese man. Being imprisoned at the Japanese internment camp, Camp Manzanar, caused Papa to feel as though there was hope for him. and escaping from his family’s samurai class was easier than being imprisoned at Camp Manzanar.

Throughout the centuries, there have been many wars that have affected individuals around the world in various ways. The way one is affected depends on the role of the individual in the war. In these wars, there are victims, perpetrators, and bystanders. The books “Night”, “Maus”, and “The Book Thief” have each of these individuals present. To begin with, the victim is the most affected individual in wars.

The average person’s understanding of the Holocaust is the persecution and mass murder of Jews by the Nazi’s, most are unaware that the people behind the atrocities of the Holocaust came from all over Europe and a wide variety of backgrounds. Art Spiegelman’s Maus: a Survivor’s Tale, Christopher Browning’s Ordinary Men: Reserve Battalion 101 and the Final Solution, and Jan Gross’s Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedbwabne, Poland, all provides a different perspective on how ordinary people felt about their experiences in the Holocaust both perpetrators and victims.