The Japanese internment camps happened when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor a United States military base resulting in the US being brought into WWII the United States was afraid that the Japanese might be spies even if they were citizens and had never been to Japan they were put into camps. The book Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakasuki Houston and James D. Houston and the film based on the book go into a deeper look at what it was like inside one of the camps. The film and movie effectively convey the idea that Jaenne’s youth affected her understanding of the camps when they talk about Jeanne not understanding in the film and the book when she and mama overheard someone talking about papa and calling him an inu and when riding …show more content…
In the text, it says “I had never been outside of Los Angeles County, never traveled more than 10 miles from the coast, had never even ridden on a bus. I was full of excitement the way any kid would be, and looked out the window”. If Jeanne knew that she was being stripped from her home and shoved in these camps with horrible conditions she would not have been so excited. Therefore proving that she was too young and because of that she was not told and or didn't understand what was going on. In the film when riding on the bus Jeanne starts talking to a girl on the bus she asks the girl if she had ever been to a camp the girl says no but some of her caucasian friends have and said “it sounds like fun” during this conversation the girls sounded very calm and exited and showed no sign of worry. Based on the conversations and tone of the girl's voices we know that Jeanne was too young to understand what was going …show more content…
In the text, it says “I had never been outside of Los Angeles County, never traveled more than 10 miles from the coast, had never even ridden on a bus. I was full of excitement the way any kid would be, and looked out the window”. If Jeanne knew that she was being stripped from her home and shoved in these camps with horrible conditions she would not have been so excited. Therefore proving that she was too young and because of that she was not told and or didn't understand what was going on. In the film when riding on the bus Jeanne starts talking to a girl on the bus she asks the girl if she had ever been to a camp the girl says no but some of her caucasian friends have and said “it sounds like fun” during this conversation the girls sounded very calm and exited and showed no sign of worry. Based on the conversations and tone of the girl's voices we know that Jeanne was too young to understand what was going
Jeanne realizes that the family she had loved before Manzanar and the time she spent with them would never
The book Farewell to Manzanar is an autobiographical novel written by Jeanne Wakatsuki. In this novel, Wakatsuki tells us about how Manzanar, one of ten camps where over 110,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II, affected her life permanently. Throughout the novel, we see different obstacles the author faces and although her and her family tried to pretend everything was "Ok" it really wasn't. Because they were Japanese, they were taken away from their home and forced to go to one of the camps (Manzanar) when the president Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066). At the beginning of the book Jeanne describes how she remembers the Pearl Harbor attack and how her father, Ko (Papa) was imprisoned without proofs for supposedly
“I smiled and sat down, suddenly aware of what being of Japanese ancestry was going to be like. I wouldn’t be faced with physical attack, or with overt shows of hatred”(141). In saying this phrase Jeanne finally realizes what prejudice really is and that hatred isn’t what she imagined it to be. It is more subtle in everyday interactions. She also makes a self-discovery about herself and how the camp really affected her life by being somewhat in her identity the next time she visits Manzanar with her children.
’But I could tell that she had. The lady grew quiet, and for the rest of the trip, no one said much. As soon as she dropped us off, dad disappeared. I waited on the front steps until bedtime, but he didn’t come home.”(121). From this quote the reader can tell is that Jeannette is very optimistic because after the lady picked them up and called her family
The girl who expressed so much of how she felt in the book seemed very vague in the movie. “I was standing on a chair in front of the stove, wearing a pink dress my grandmother had bought for me”(9). The three-year-old Jeannette Walls had described as she was preparing to “cook hot dogs” as the “late-morning sunlight” shines through the “trailer’s small kitchenette window” (9). Instead, we see a six- or seven year-old Jeannette reading what seems to be a book in the movie while she asks her mother are they going to have any lunch and her mother’s response implied that Jeannette should do it on her own. This was transitioned into the scene where she did end
Jeanne emphasizes her surprise at the girl’s comment by stating she “was stunned” and “couldn’t believe anyone could think such a thing about her”. Later in the year, Jeanne realizes that there
Jeannette ended up getting caught on fire and has to get rushed to the hospital, where she was then in there for six weeks. “I was three years old, and we were living in a trailer park in a
She writes that she had a blonde friend who was in the girl scouts. She thought to herself and believed maybe she would be able to join if she was upfront about her race. When her blonde friend asked her mom, who was the assistant troop leader, she responds with a no a day after. No because Jeanne is japanese and the girl scouts wouldn't allow a japanese girl in because parents would be angered. Jeanne sees that because of her race she is denied opportunities in society even though she considers herself american.
Even though she is fairly young in the time the family lives in Battle Mountain, she still can be described as tolerant and understanding in most situations. Her father was really pushing her, making her suffer, and though at first upset with his actions, she quickly analyzed the situation, coming to an understanding as to why he did what he did. For a short time, she resented her family at the sulfur spring because as she was drowning, her own mother floated on her back, unconcerned with what Jeannette thought was a life or death situation. In the end, Jeannette came to the conclusion that maybe her father’s actions were justified. There was no way he would let anything happen to her, and there was no other way to explain why he or her family would let her drown, so she tolerated the
(1). Jeanne feels judged by others and she is outcasted by them. Others are treating her as if she does not deserve to be talked to or even looked at differently because she does not look
Here, Walls and her father see differently. Walls told her father about this situation so that he could address it, but instead he made up an excuse for what really happened when he was not in the room with his daughter and his acquaintance. Personally, the Walls’ parents are too worried about themselves. Instead of making money to support their kids, the parents spend money on other things like art supplies for the mom, and alcohol for the dad. Like shown in the evidence above, Walls’ parents don’t show much care or worry for specifically Jeannette, but also the other kids.
Jeannette narrowly escapes rape, but because her father exploits her in a way that makes it seem like she would consent to underage sex, she is abused. The sexual abuse Jeannette suffers results in her having more trust in her own intuition as she
“She said that sexual assault was a crime of perception. “If you don’t think you’re hurt, then you aren’t (Walls 184).” Rosemary makes Jeannette feel like she is insignificant to her and doesn’t make the effort to stick up for her child. At this point, Jeannette must feel worthless to her mother, bringing her self-esteem to a low.
She becomes friends with a white girl, Radine, and teaches her baton-twirling, but Jeanne remains better. However, she doesn’t get the same opportunities. She is not even let into the Girl Scouts, a simple and everyday thing. “‘Gee, Jeannie, no. I’m really sorry.’
After graduating middle school her friend lost touch with her and eventually left her life for good: “By the time she got to Welch High Dinitia changed.” Jeannette was also sexually harassed by one of her friends in Phoenix while playing hide-and-seek: “Billy smushed his face against mine… ‘Guess what?’Billy shouted. ‘I raped you’” Lastly, while going to school in Phoenix Jeannette was bullied for being smart and skinny: “The other students didn’t like me much because I was so tall and pale and skinny and always raised my hand too fast… A few days after I started school, four Mexican girls followed me home and jumped me in an alleyway…”