Claudia+and+Ginger's+Manzanar+Questions

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1. Much of //Farewell to Manzanar //deals with Jeanne's struggle to discover her identity. How does her Japanese identity conflict with her American identity? How does her experience with prejudice help her to reconcile the two?//

=== Jeanne's identity is conflicted in many ways. She is more American because she lived in America longer, but she still looked Japanese on the outside. She struggled with discrimination because of her background, but in the end learned how to deal with both sides of her heritage at the same time. ===

2. What is the role of non-Japanese characters in Wakatsuki's memoir? ===Non-Japanese characters from the story are people who run the internment camps and discriminate Jeanne and others of her race. They hang up signs, and limit Japanese to the camps. These people are unwilling to look past their appearance and see that they are still American Citizens. ===

 3. Upon returning from Manzanar, Jeanne finds that the hatred she must face is very 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?

=== Throughout Jeanne's life, she experiences many forms of discrimination. As a child, she is unable to join girls scouts, people ask her if she can speak English, and they act like these citizens aren't really citizens at all. When she returns from the camp, she sees propaganda posters embarrassing their race with different and equally harmful slogans. She experienced this until she met a girl in her class who felt the need to protect Jeanne. "What are you looking at? She's an American citizen. She's got just as much right as anybody to walk around on this street." (pg.145) === http://farrit.lili.org/files/farrit/images/Heart_mtn.jpg ** Questions! **

1. What aspects of this wikispace do you find most enlightening? Why?

2. How have the authors of this wikispace addressed Jeanne's identity struggle in a different manner than you did? Specify!

3. How have the authors of this wikispace examined Manzanar in a new way? Quote and detail.

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