KristenP

Jeanne has to live in an American culture, but not the same as all the other Americans. She has her Japanese identities and traditions. Being Japanese is causing others to look at her differently and look down on her. Having people hate her and hate her culture was eating her alive even though she tries to push it away. Wanting to have her own culture and doing what she is used to, was bringing her to horrible conclusions and causing many to hate her. Prejudice was something that she didn't have to deal with before Pear Harbor. She had all her friends and school and her life was going great. Pear Harbor caused many to turn their backs on Japanese and send them away. Jeanne lost all her friends and, just like all the other Japanese, had to leave civilization and be hated upon. The non-Japanese in the camp were the to control the Japanese and to make sure they we not contacting or giving any information to Japan. During the was many were concerned that they Japanese American were communicating with Japan and helped plan Pear Harbor. Having people watch over the Japanese and have them be so concerned and controlling made the Japaneses very unhappy and they have a right to be. Having someone so concerned about what you are doing and watching your every move would be a violation to the human rights and not fair to anyone. Hatred is hard to deal with and very hurting. There are different ways people can give out hatred or receive it. Like Jeanne said that is was different then the "dark cloud" there is a way that can bring one down and cause intense depression. But there is also the hatred that just hurts but is livable and one can leave under the carpet, or just put behind them. Propaganda is many times a strong way of hatred because it isn't true and makes people look or seem much worse then they really are. Jeanne feels the hatred and prejudice against her and feels like it is her fault. She said that she dislikes how she always put it onto herself instead of sticking up for herself. She felt like she was a burden and many didn't want to be around her. These feelings against her and prejudice brought her down and until she went back to Mazanar, she didn't realize that at Manzanar was where she truly started her life and her long journey began.

1. What aspects of this wikispace do you find most enlightening? Why? **The most enlightening part of this wikispace, was the pictures, because they showed us a little more of how people felt towards the Japanese.** i like how you added pictures to show how Americans felt. D.S. 2. How have the authors of this wikispace addressed Jeanne's identity struggle in a different manner than you did? Specify! **They formatted their wikispace differently that we did.** I didn't add any pictures. D.S. 3. How have the authors of this wikispace examined Manzanar in a new way? Quote and detail. **They did'nt examine it in a different way.** They had the feel of what the Americans felt D.S.