Compare And Contrast Farewell To Manzanar

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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

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