The book Farewell to Manzanar was listed as one of the best-selling children's book of all time with over one million copies sold within the first year of being published while also being compared to The Diary of Anne Frank. Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston wrote this book to share her experience of living through a Japanese internment camp through World War II.
Jeanne made a statement about how one should appreciate life and don’t' be afraid, "Now is the time when we must renew ourselves and live as if we and all of life is sacred, and as if everything we do makes a difference." She writes about in the book the hatred she and her family endured. "I had heard my sisters say, "Why do they hate us?" I had heard Mama say with lonesome resignation, "I don't understand all this hate …show more content…
Going back to Manzar after several years of being back home and starting her own family really showed that Houston was trying to show she was ready for closure. The camp and its experiences there really effected Houston mentally. Houston is very thorough and paints a vivid understanding of what she is trying to have readers picture. She shows how even before being put into the camps she didn't really know who she was and had trouble figuring out what her true identity was. Going back and revisiting the camp Manzanar was her way of finding out her true self.
Houston wrote this book about her own personal experience, making this very raw and nonfiction. Readers that enjoy historical memoirs should be recommended this read. She did very well and explaining her point of view as well as reminding the audience of her only being a young child and that her perception of things might be different from what they would be today.
This book is an enjoyable story and the events fit together perfectly like a
Jeanne made a statement about how one should appreciate life and don’t' be afraid, "Now is the time when we must renew ourselves and live as if we and all of life is sacred, and as if everything we do makes a difference." She writes about in the book the hatred she and her family endured. "I had heard my sisters say, "Why do they hate us?" I had heard Mama say with lonesome resignation, "I don't understand all this hate …show more content…
Going back to Manzar after several years of being back home and starting her own family really showed that Houston was trying to show she was ready for closure. The camp and its experiences there really effected Houston mentally. Houston is very thorough and paints a vivid understanding of what she is trying to have readers picture. She shows how even before being put into the camps she didn't really know who she was and had trouble figuring out what her true identity was. Going back and revisiting the camp Manzanar was her way of finding out her true self.
Houston wrote this book about her own personal experience, making this very raw and nonfiction. Readers that enjoy historical memoirs should be recommended this read. She did very well and explaining her point of view as well as reminding the audience of her only being a young child and that her perception of things might be different from what they would be today.
This book is an enjoyable story and the events fit together perfectly like a