Compare And Contrast Farewell To Manzanar

Anne Frank once said, “The final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.” This belief would also be shared by Jeanne Wakatsuki, the author of Farewell to Manzanar, who was forced into an internment camp and shares similar experiences with Anne. Anne Frank and Jeanne Wakatsuki were both affected by wars that changed their lives forever. Although their living conditions differed greatly, they both became influential educators on how wars can change lives.
To begin with, Anne Frank, a Jewish girl, was an influential writer who’s diary became published after the end of World War Two. She was forced to hide in a place called the “Secret Annex,” which was an attic above the building her dad worked in. Because she hid in this concealed location with her family, Anne was able to postpone having to be sent to concentration camps. During her time …show more content…
At that time, the bombing of Pearl Harbor caused many Americans to feel distrust and suspicion towards Japanese immigrants, leading to the creation of internment camps, where anybody of Japanese heritage was sent to. They were forced to live in cramped bunkers and harsh weather for three years. Jeanne would eventually leave Manzanar and live among a society that outcasted the Japanese. She went back to school, facing many problems along the way. Her father couldn’t find any success in work and her mother had to go back to working at a cannery. People also treated her differently because of the fact that it wasn’t acceptable to be with someone of Japanese heritage at the time. In the end, she was the first in her family to finish college and marry someone out of their ethnicity (Houston and Houston). In her memoir, Farewell to Manzanar, she impacted people by informing them on what living as a Japanese girl was like during World War