Farewell To Manzanar Book Report

Farewell to manzanar is a book about a girl name Jeanne and her family. The book begins right after the pearl harbor bombing once this happens all Asian American people are forced to go to interment camps. Jeanne goes on to talking about her life with her family in the camp. She touches on points like her dad becoming an alcoholic and feeling left out because she didn’t speak Chinese. Once released from the camp she talks about how her family is trying to live a normal life like they once did before everything was taken away from them. She than ends the book talking to us about how far she has come in life. She revisits the ruins of mansard with her 3 kids and remince on her past. 12 years a slave is a movie about a man named Solomon Northup there movie takes place in the slavery era. Solomon lived up in the north where he was considered free, he was a musician and was offered to play at a big venue. After he plays he 's invited out to eat by the two white men saying that there looking talent he accepts …show more content…
Both talk about there tragic stories that involve injustice and confinement. In farewell to manzanar just because there was speculation of traitors they sent every Asian American into confinement camps having them live there lives behind 4 walls than later spitting them back out into the world with nothing. In 12 years a salve salomon lives a happy life he is than kidnapped and sold like a product on the shelf and treated like an animal. He hold on to the hope of seeing his family again, he was scared to show how smart he was because he would be punished. Once he returns he sees that his family had moved on and he can 't help but feel guilty for not being there. Both of these stories are tragic now that time has moved on there is no such thing as unfair confinement and little instances of