Dani+Scott+FarewellManzanar


 * 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?
 * She lives in America so she wants to be called an American but her Japanese ancestory is a conflict in this time. Because of the war Americans think every Japanese American is involved with Japan . This creates a problem, espeacially for young Japanese Americans because they can't help their ancestory so they get picked on and they don't know why.
 * What is the role of non-Japanese characters in Wakatsuki's memoir?
 * Jeanne's friend in seventh grade would always yell at the people that made fun of her for being Japanese . They were good friends and Radine understood, just as Jeanne did, that they couldn't do all the same things, like girl scouts. But Jeanne taught Radine baton twirling and they would twirl their batons in front of the boys while they marched in parades.
 * 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?
 * Everywhere she goes she gets decriminated against for being Japanese . She didn't think people would be this mean, because before she went to the camp they were nicer to her. People kept telling her to go back where she came from.

1. What aspects of this wikispace do you find most enlightening? Why? All of the information and connections back to the text that helps people reading her wiki space understand what she is saying. 2. How have the authors of this wikispace addressed Jeanne's identity struggle in a different manner than you did? Specify! She said about the same thing as us but she said more specifically what happens with her and her friend Radine. 3. How have the authors of this wikispace examined Manzanar in a new way? Quote and detail. she looked at it in a deferent prospective. she showed how all people were not against her, like Radine.