Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston Essay -- essays resea

farewell To Manzanar     In the true story "Farewell to Manzanar" we learn of a young girls lifeas she grows up during military man War II in a Japanese internment camp. on withher family and ten thousand other Japanese we see how, as a child, theseconditions forced to shape and mold her life. This book of account does not directly postal serviceblame or hatred onto those persons or conditions which had forced her to endurehardship, nevertheless rather shows us through her eyes how these experiences have heldvalue she has been subject to grow from.     Jeanne Wakatsuki was just a seven year growing up in Ocean Park,California when her whole life was about to change. Everything seemed to begoing fine, her father owning two fishing boats, and they lived in a enlarged housewith a large dining table which was located in an entirely non-Japaneseneighborhood. The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese was themoment Jeannes l ife was critic all in ally altered. This started WWII and all Japanesewere seen as possible threats to the nations safety. It is not difficult to see, only if difficult to justify this view, and indeed Jeanne Wakatsuki, just a child,was straightaway seen as a monster. Her father was outright arrested and taken away,being accused with furnishing oil to Japanese subs off the coast. And now,Jeanne leave without a father, her mother was trapped with the burden of Jeannesrapidly aging grandma and her nine brothers and sisters. Too young tounderstand, Jeanne did not know why or where her father had been taken. But shedid know that one very important sectionalization of her was gone.     Jeannes father was a very strong, military-like, proud, arrogant, anddignified man. He was the one who was ceaselessly in control, and made all thedecisions for the family. He grew up in Japan, further left at the age of seventeen,headed for work in Hawaii, and never over again went back. Leaving his own familybehind and never contacting them ever again. But now it was time for Jeannesfamily to do whateverthing. They found refuge at Terminal Island, a go into wheremany Japanese families live either in some transition stage or for permanentresidents. Jeanne was terrified. " It was the first time I had lived amongother Japanese, or gone to school with them, and I was terrified all the time."Her father, as a way ... ...ruly come to know a place Farewell."This says it all. She had finally been able to see that Manzanar was one giantstepping stone she had climbed, and that gave her worth, so she could feel atpeace with herself. Her life had really begun at Manzanar, but she isnt aboutto let it end there.     In conclusion, this story was well pen and I could sympathize withevery trial and tribulation she encountered. Some whitethorn say she didnt value herJapanese heritage enough or was clement herself for being Japanese. B ut she, inmy view is a hero because she took everything that was oblige on her andendured through it. She was able to accept herself through a form of spiritualgrowth, which was both revelational, and inspirational. I only hope that one solar day I can make some sense of the things gone rail at in my life, or at least growfrom them. Jeanne is a cleaning lady now, who as a child was thrown around in a racialroller coaster, and can accept herself as an important circumstances of society and life,rather than needing others to accept it for her.Note I really enjoyed this book and the next time I head out to Mammoth LakesI will definitely try and find Manzanar.