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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? Well she tried to be an American by joining the girl scouts but they wouldn't let her because she was Japanese. Also when she went to school they thought she spoked Japanese. very different from the “dark cloud” she imagined would descend on her. What** they manifest themselves as propaganda or other? ** Jeanne thought that there would be a lot more isolation for her and her family when returning from Manzanar. After getting out of Manzanar, the hatred that was formed was mostly formed by signs that people put up saying harsh comments about the Japanese people like the picture to the right. "Japs Keep Moving This is a White Man's Neighborhood." Signs like these made it hard for Jeanne and the other Japanese people to live in the United States after returning from Manzanar.
 * 1. Much of Farewell to Manzanar deals with
 * 2. What is the role of non-Japanese characters in Wakatsuki's memoir? ** In the book Farewell to Manzanar, the non-Japanese characters are somewhat racist. They aren't very nice when it comes to Japanese people being in the United States. In multiple ways the Americans were not understanding at all, they all just believed that all the Japanese-Americans were talking to the Japanese military, helping them plan the attack on Pearl Harbor. They just blamed all Japanese people for what happened instead of really thinking about the other possibilities. In most cases the Japanese had nothing to do with it.
 * 3. ** **Upon returning from Manzanar, Jeanne finds[[image:http://education.eastwestcenter.org/asiapacificed/ph2006/PH2006projects/7_clip_image001.jpg align="right"]] that the hatred she must face is
 * are the different forms of hatred depicted in Farewell to Manzanar, and how do

media type="custom" key="5598781" width="293" height="162" align="left"1. What aspects of this wikispace do you find most enlightening? Why? The color because its blue and it lightens the mood. EK&KL We really liked how the authors restated the questions in the writing when responding to the questions (PM&AB)

2. How have the authors of this wikispace addressed Jeanne's identity struggle in a different manner than you did? Specify! They included that the kids thought she spoke Japanese and not English. They didn't include as much detail as we did. (EK&KL) They included some things but we think that they need to include a little more information. (PM&AB)

3. How have the authors of this wikispace examined Manzanar in a new way? Quote and detail. They included lots of detail and quotes from the book and explained what they meant. "Japs keep moving, this is a white man's neighborhood." After this quote they explained why this was herd for Jeanne. EK&KL They didn't really use many quotes except for the one above (PM&AB)