Farewell to Manzanar is Jeanne Wakatsuki’s memories of her experiences at Manzanar an interment camp for Japanese and Japanese-Americans in Owens Valley. During Word War II Japanese-Americans were relocated in Manzanar for their own protection but as the people in Manzanar said “if this is for our protection then why do they surround us in barb wire fences” they relocated Japanese-Americans because President Roosevelt singed a order which authorizes the War Department to remove people considered to be threats to national security. This Chaos all began right after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 7, 1941 in relation to this the bombing of Hiroshima in August 6, 1945 ended Word War II. There are many themes that Wakatsuki wants to get across but one of them would have to be,” where you’re from or your ancestry, is not as important as were you were raised and follow your heart”. Jeanne was raised in the Long Beach area and thought that her heart was American.......

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Title: Farewell To Mazanar
Approximate Word Count: 564
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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