Conflicts are known as serious disagreements or an argument. To have a conflict is having you believe in something, but your friend or someone you know will believe in the opposite thing. In the stories, the characters will also face conflict. In “Farewell to Manzanar” by Jeanne Wakatsuki and James D. Houston and “The Bracelet” by Yoshiko Uchida, the characters face conflict when they’re forced to leave their homes. They’re both in similar situations but their reactions are different. This proves that even in a similar situation, people can have different reactions or react differently. Each person faces the same challenging time, but their perspectives are different. In both situations, Wakatsuki and Ruri are forced to leave their homes,
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Wakatsuki’s family has problems with living conditions like food problems the first couple days they are living at the camp. Despite being used to conditions, the first couple of days were filled with some problems. The family has problems for the first couple of days and one of the problems were food related problems. Another one of the problems also includes latrine problems, but Wakatsuki and her family got used to the issues. “They issued us army mess kits, the round metal kind that fold over, and plopped in scoops of canned Vienna sausage [...] I opened my mouth to complain. My mother jabbed me in the back to keep quiet’ said Wakatsuki” (Wakatsuki 14). When they had problems with the food, they quickly got used to the conditions after the first couple of days. Also when Wakatsuki mentioned that they “plopped in scoops of canned Vienna sausages”, it sounded like the servers didn’t really care about the scoop and when Wakatsuki mentioned that they plopped it, it doesn’t really sound appetizing. Ruri’s family had some problems similar to Wakatsuki’s family which was food problems. Eventually, they got used to the conditions. Ruri’s family had problems that were similar to Wakatsuki’s family because they also had food-related problems at camp too. The camps had similar problems and they had to live with problems as a Japanese family now. Like at camp,
Wakatsuki’s family has problems with living conditions like food problems the first couple days they are living at the camp. Despite being used to conditions, the first couple of days were filled with some problems. The family has problems for the first couple of days and one of the problems were food related problems. Another one of the problems also includes latrine problems, but Wakatsuki and her family got used to the issues. “They issued us army mess kits, the round metal kind that fold over, and plopped in scoops of canned Vienna sausage [...] I opened my mouth to complain. My mother jabbed me in the back to keep quiet’ said Wakatsuki” (Wakatsuki 14). When they had problems with the food, they quickly got used to the conditions after the first couple of days. Also when Wakatsuki mentioned that they “plopped in scoops of canned Vienna sausages”, it sounded like the servers didn’t really care about the scoop and when Wakatsuki mentioned that they plopped it, it doesn’t really sound appetizing. Ruri’s family had some problems similar to Wakatsuki’s family which was food problems. Eventually, they got used to the conditions. Ruri’s family had problems that were similar to Wakatsuki’s family because they also had food-related problems at camp too. The camps had similar problems and they had to live with problems as a Japanese family now. Like at camp,