"Farewell to Manzanar"

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This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the book "Farewell to Manzanar," written by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston. Specifically, it discusses several themes in the novel and analyzes the experience of living in the Japanese relocation camps in the US during World War II. It describes this experience according to that of the Wakatsuki family who lived in a relocation camp.

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"In conclusion, The Wakatsuki's experience in Manzanar changed the family forever. A once close-knit group of fishermen turned into a loosely knit broken family. It broke Jeanne's father, and gave her memories that it would take her a lifetime to remember and acknowledge. Her father was never the same man after the war ended and the family returned to Los Angeles. It was as if a different family returned home after the war. Jeanne becomes even more distanced from her family as she searches for herself as a teenager. She never respects or understands her father again, and the family never again gains the close relationship they had before the war. The camp tore them apart, put distance between all of them, and changed all of their lives forever."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki and Houston, James D. Farewell to Manzanar. New York: Bantam Books, 1995.

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