The United States is usually known for their accomplishments in technology medicine etc. But one situation that the United States was involved which was considered a grave mistake were the Japanese internment camps. These were the camps that the Japanese or people thought to be Japanese were put into after the bombing of pearl harbor by the Japanese. After this the Japanese were considered the enemy and a threat to the United States simply for being Japanese or looking like one. Now we look back on the time of World War 2 and we can only imagine how these innocent people must have felt to be categorized as the enemy and treated like criminals. In the book Farewell to Manzanar , in the article “Resistance to Syrian Refugees Calls to Mind
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As Jeanne Wakatsuki and James D. Houston stated in the book Farewell to Manzanar “ When your mother and your father are having a fight, do you want them to kill each other? Or do you want them to stop fighting.” These words are trying to explain that fighting is never solves anything because it will always end in chaos so we 're better of not starting any fights. It also trying to say that when two countries have a war both side become the bad side, until they come to an agreement the war will never end, the blood of the innocent will never stop being spilled any many lives will be lost. As Wakatsuki said in the book Farewell to Manzanar “ But if I answer YES YES I will drafted anyways, no matter how I feel about it. That is why they are giving is the oath to sign. No! That is not true! They are looking for volunteers. And only fools would volunteer.” This is trying to say that back then if even if you said no no or if you said yes yes it would still have been a lose lose situation because you either get drafted to Japan or of to war you can be killed. It is also trying to explain that if you 're willing to fight for your country to clear your name you should be confident that you are willing to do that because if you 're not then you might end up hurt or even worse
As Jeanne Wakatsuki and James D. Houston stated in the book Farewell to Manzanar “ When your mother and your father are having a fight, do you want them to kill each other? Or do you want them to stop fighting.” These words are trying to explain that fighting is never solves anything because it will always end in chaos so we 're better of not starting any fights. It also trying to say that when two countries have a war both side become the bad side, until they come to an agreement the war will never end, the blood of the innocent will never stop being spilled any many lives will be lost. As Wakatsuki said in the book Farewell to Manzanar “ But if I answer YES YES I will drafted anyways, no matter how I feel about it. That is why they are giving is the oath to sign. No! That is not true! They are looking for volunteers. And only fools would volunteer.” This is trying to say that back then if even if you said no no or if you said yes yes it would still have been a lose lose situation because you either get drafted to Japan or of to war you can be killed. It is also trying to explain that if you 're willing to fight for your country to clear your name you should be confident that you are willing to do that because if you 're not then you might end up hurt or even worse