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 __Farewell to Manzanar Questions__ 

Jeanne's Japanese identity conflicts with her American identity in many different ways. One way that Jeanne is affected most by is the way people treat her, it is like she is down graded from the American standard for the way things are done. The American perspective of the Japanese people upset Jeanne very much. Jeanne was so upset that she decided she would go right ahead, and strive to prove everyone wrong. She was going to work hard and strive to be just like an American, only she would look like a normal Japanese girl. 
 * 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?**

The role of non-Japanese characters in Wakatsuki's memoir was to control the Japanese internment camps. Also, non-Japanese people become Jeanne's friends when she gets out of the camps. Ronnie her friend is one of the many non-Japanese people mentioned in the book. In addition, there are more non-Japanese characters in Wakatsuki's memoir like when she is getting checked before she gets entered into the internment camps. Also, as people walk through the villiages, there are many non-Japanese people standing around, living a normal lifestyle. There are also non-Japanese people putting up signs, symbolzing hatred towards the Japanese people like, "Japs go back where you came from."
 * 2. What is the role of non-Japanese characters in Wakatsuki's memoir?**

 The hatred Jeanne faced was very different than what she was expecting. She said "In our isolated world we had over prepared for shows of abuse" (p. 152). Jeanne and her family were not met with hatred but indifference. They were just ignored and no one acknowlegded them. She said that being ignored was actually worse than people openly showing their discrimination. When Jeanne went to school the first time after the internment one of the first things said to her was "you can speak english?" Many Americans at that time were oblivious to the trials the Japanese were faced and were still facing. When Jeanne was running for carnival queen she won only because of her body and people were intrigued in her authenticity. That is when she realized that even if it wasn't her orientation Jeanne would always stuggle with people judging her. Jeanne constantly struggled with holding on to her Japanese herritage and trying desperately to enter into life in the United States.
 * 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?**


 * **Evaluation:**

1. What aspects of this wikispace do you find most enlightening? Why? I loved all the colors and all the slide show. It makes it more interesting and makes me want to read it. :) K.P. Using the color to seperate the answers to each question was really good and made it interesting. Cb and LH

2. How have the authors of this wikispace addressed Jeanne's identity struggle in a different manner than you did? Specify! They were a little more specific then I was, but we kind of had the same round about. K.P. I think they adressed it but it was only on the surface it needs to be a little more detailed. CB and LH

3. How have the authors of this wikispace examined Manzanar in a new way? Quote and detail. none **Save**PreviewText Editor They helped open up another perspective and understand things more. K.P. They reallly didn't do too much different compared to other wikis. CB and LH || ||   ||
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