Trevor_Ault's_Fare_Well_to_Manzanar

**Q: 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?

A: **Well, she wanted to become a Girl Scout but was unable because they wouldn't accept Japanese girls, so she settled to be the Baton Twirler for a Boy Scout Troop, reconciling the two of retaining her Japanese-self but accepting some American culture.
 * Q: What is the role of non-Japanese characters in Wakatsuki's memoir?

A: They are a very major piece of the memoir because they are constant. they always play a decision of her decisions choices and options. they also controlled the way she was viewed via propaganda and preset notions of Japanese-Americans. ** ** Q: 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?

A:** There is cultural hatred, physical hatred and racial hatred. . 1. What aspects of this wikispace do you find most enlightening? Why? I find that all of the responses are enlightening. the first one shows a good example I didn't think of. The second one is very true as well, though her decisions were sometimes made for her by non-Japanese people. The third one expands on what I thought was true.(ajb) 2. How have the authors of this wikispace addressed Jeanne's identity struggle in a different manner than you did? Specify! They used a different example than me but the basic answer was the same.(ajb) 3. How have the authors of this wikispace examined Manzanar in a new way? Quote and detail.