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with prejudice help her to reconcile the two?
===#1- Her American identity conflicts with her Japanese identity because her heritage is Japanese-American but from other people's perspective she looks as if she's Japanese and that's how they treat her. Later in the book she becomes more like an American when she goes to school and starts baton twirling with the boy scouts and joined the glee club. Her dad wants her to be more like a Japanese woman and wants her to marry a Japanese man. Jeanne's experience with prejudice helps her reconcile the two identities by in the future she marries a man in which she uses her American identity and she also goes back to what used to be Manzanar and has flashbacks of her family when they were in the camp using her Japanese identity.===

#2. What is the role of non-Japanese characters in Wakatsuki's memoir?
===#2- The role of the non-Japanese characters in Wakatsuki's memoir were in the class when the author spoke, " That afternoon, during a reading lesson, she finally asked me if I'd care to try a page out loud. I had not yet opened my mouth, except to smile. When I stood up, everyone turned to watch. Any kid entered a new class wants, first of all, to be liked. This was the uppermost in my mind. I smiled wider, then began to read. I made no mistakes. When i finished, a pretty blond girl in front of me said, quite innocently, "Gee, I didn't know you could speak English." The role for the non-Japanese blond girl was to make Jeanne still feel like that she was more of a Japanese then an American girl. The blond girl made her feel like this by making an "innocent" comment about that Jeanne could speak English. Also, Nancy the chubby girl who taught Jeanne how to baton twirl was apart of the non-Japanese role by giving her a chance to fit in with the other American girls. This was a big part in their memoir because she marched with the Boy Scouts and it made her feel American and a part of the society.===

different from the “dark cloud” she imagined would descend on her. What are the different forms of hatred depicted in Farewell to Manzanar, and how do they manifest themselves as propaganda or other?
===#3- Some of the forms of hatred she faced were not direct. She was looked at like an oriental. She asked Radine if she could be in the Girl Scouts and Radine turned her down because of the hatred toward the Japanese. Also when she was voted to represent her class in the pageant, the teachers were placing votes in the ballet box so she would lose. one of the most effective ways of anti-Japanese propaganda issues was the cinema. Hollywood movies would show that the Japanese culture was very different and odd. No one wanted to be around that.===

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1. What aspects of this wikispace do you find most enlightening? Why?
Okay, we liked how you used very descriptive words to describe how the life of Jeanne's experiences. We also liked the fact that you used a lot of quotes from the text. (AB&PM) Well i liked how u used quotes from the book and gave a little detail on her life. Also liked the pictures. (MY)

2. How have the authors of this wikispace addressed Jeanne's identity struggle in a different manner than you did? Specify!
They used different examples such as when her identity changed from being a Japanese girl to being a Japanese American.(AB&PM) They used different details on her identity and explained it a little differently. (MY)

3. How have the authors of this wikispace examined Manzanar in a new way? Quote and detail.
You can really tell that they read the text before answering the questions, the only thing that we suggest is that on the second paragraph, not to use the quote for length.(AB&PM) You used quotes from the book to explain the question better.(MY)