Erin+Kenna+and+Emily+Riehl+Farewell+to+Manzanar

**Farewell to Manzanar!!!**

**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 Japanese identity restricts her from fitting in with everyone else. She can't join Girl Scouts or sororities; she can't be the person she wants to be. Even her postion as majorette is frowned upon by a lot of people, they believe a Japanese girl leading the marching band is wrong. Her experience with this prejudice caused her to accept that she would never be fully considered a normal American citizen and the fact of her Japanese heritage would always be there hanging over her. **



**What is the role of non-Japanese characters in Wakatsuki's memoir?**


 * The role of non-Japanese characters in Wakatsuki's memoir are the examples of how she is always pushed back down. They are also guidelines Jeanne must not cross, preventing her from doing what she wishes. Jeanne's friend Radine at her first high school, was always second to her but always won because of race. Radine is a perfect example of someone who didn't deserve the top but got it anyway because a Japanese was the competition. As Radine was rising to the top, Jeanne became unhappy with herself and stopped trying until they moved. At her new school she ran for Queen and the boys that went crazy and cheered her on had only one thing on their mind and her father was not okay with it; they were the guidelines she dare not to cross. **

**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?**


 * Jeanne had believed that violence was going to be taken against the Japanese as the returned to life from the camps. The sad reality was that she was shut out from many groups and clubs she would never be allowed into. By not being able to try things out and join clubs she was forced away from having a personality. In some cases maybe violence could have been better because it was like they still weren't even there. What people did to them even after the war, was wrong. Japanese teenagers could not develop their individuality by not being able to be a part of the American society. **

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Evaluation:

I looooove the beautiful color choices! =) It is very appealing and doesn't bore me. Very good job, well done! I love the excellent word choice and descriptiveness, CI & CN 2. How have the authors of this wikispace addressed Jeanne's identity struggle in a different manner than you did? Specify! They explained what she was discrimintated against. In my wiki, we used different parks in the text.  They said that her heritage is Japanese and it will always be hanging above her head, and that is true. 3. How have the authors of this wikispace examined Manzanar in a new way? Quote and detail.** ** "Radine is a perfect example of someone who didn't deserve the top but got it anyway because a Japanese was the competition." ** **They went above and beyond, what I mean by this is they went further in there thinking with Radine. Explaining what is happening through Radine's head.**  She went back to the heritage part of it which no one really refers back to.
 * 1. What aspects of this wikispace do you find most enlightening? Why?

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