“ Farewell to Manzanar ” After the disastrous event known as Pearl Harbour, many Japanese families were suspected of being accomplices and, because of that, they were proclaimed to be ‘enemy aliens’ by all the other American citizens. In the novel, “Farewell to Manzanar”, the authors, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston, portray the damaging influences of World War II and its consequences by discussing and comparing Jeanne’s life before and after the internment camps. Many Japanese residents were hardworking and honest employees, but, because of the camps, some of them became helpless and weak, which led them to avoiding work and not providing enough for their family. After the war, many Japanese people were no longer allowed to
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Some individuals believed the Japanese were inferior compared to them and used that excuse to be rude and disrespectful to even the youngest of children. “We were sitting on the bus stop bench in Long Beach, when an old embittered woman stopped and said, “Why don’t all you dirty Japs go back to Japan!” She spit at us and passed on” (Page 134). Following the end of the war, the Japanese children and their families were liberated from the camps but were treated with the uttermost disrespect by citizens of another race. This illustrates that by segregating the Japanese, America ruined the name of the Japanese race, leading to even the wisest and oldest of people treating them unfairly. Children did not only face these encounters in public places, but also at school where one is to feel safe and cared for. “Gee, I didn’t know you could speak English” (Page 113). The classmates of these Japanese children also believed that the Japanese race was inferior due to what they had acquired from their parents’ beliefs. This shows that by segregating the Japanese people in America, the offsprings suffer the most since the children of other races are taught by their parents to not socialize with other Japanese children. Both Japanese children and adults had faced many challenges due to their race which resulted to them feeling unsafe and
Some individuals believed the Japanese were inferior compared to them and used that excuse to be rude and disrespectful to even the youngest of children. “We were sitting on the bus stop bench in Long Beach, when an old embittered woman stopped and said, “Why don’t all you dirty Japs go back to Japan!” She spit at us and passed on” (Page 134). Following the end of the war, the Japanese children and their families were liberated from the camps but were treated with the uttermost disrespect by citizens of another race. This illustrates that by segregating the Japanese, America ruined the name of the Japanese race, leading to even the wisest and oldest of people treating them unfairly. Children did not only face these encounters in public places, but also at school where one is to feel safe and cared for. “Gee, I didn’t know you could speak English” (Page 113). The classmates of these Japanese children also believed that the Japanese race was inferior due to what they had acquired from their parents’ beliefs. This shows that by segregating the Japanese people in America, the offsprings suffer the most since the children of other races are taught by their parents to not socialize with other Japanese children. Both Japanese children and adults had faced many challenges due to their race which resulted to them feeling unsafe and