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**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?** In the book she runs for carnival queen and her fathr objects to this because it is unlady like and to him "unjapanese". Her trying to be a normal american girl and trying to uphold family values really conflicts her. But in the end she decides to wear a dress her father would approve of and still claim her title as carnival queen. **What is the role of non-Japanese characters in Wakatsuki's memoir?** The non-japanese through out the story basicly make her think about her values. She wants to be an American like them but her ansestory subjects her to racial prejudice, hated, and misunderstandings. Such as the girl in her class that said "You speak English?". **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?** When she returns from Manzanar she finds that instead of a "dark cloud", which would probably be like some of the African Amercain hated of lynching, but instead of misuderstandings. On her first day back at school her soon to be friend says "You speak English?". Also, the waythat she feels out of place in her school in texas because of society telling her that the blonde haired, blue eyed girl is more pretty and acceptible than her. Instead of open hated it is unraps but still effecting her.
 * 1. What aspects of this wikispace do you find most enlightening? Why?

2. How have the authors of this wikispace addressed Jeanne's identity struggle in a different manner than you did? Specify!

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