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Compare And Contrast Farewell To Manzanar

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Farewell to Manzanar tells the true story of Japanese internment and the constant struggles that the interns at Manzanar had to face. Interment pulls apart families and communities leaving a permanent dent in their relationships. This is shown mostly in the novel by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston which is about her life at Manzanar A Japanese internment camp during World War 2 after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. This book tells us about her life before Manzanar and after Manzanar really shows a spiral into insanity by mostly her father and also the other people around her. Jeanne also made a short film about the book that really showed the conditions and main moments of the book. I believe that the short film conveys the significant idea way more than the novel by focusing more …show more content…

Another main moment that shows the significant idea is when the U.S. sent out a draft application form where they were asking if you would rather join the U.S. in battle or take sides with japan. This was a main moment in the story because the two boys woodie and kyio got the forms and debated with their dad about what side they should take and everyone had different ideas. The boy decided to go out to the military and side with the U.S., not under their dad's blessing. This is a clear moment in the novel and movie of how interment spits up families. These events took place in the chapter Yes, Yes, No, No.
Some people might argue that the book was better than the movie with more detail and goes more in-depth than the movie but this is not true. While the book has more details the movie only focuses on the main parts that will really change the story and the idea of Manzanar. Also, the movie shows the moments with more emotion and feel than the book. This gives the movie a more immersive feeling and this gives the viewer more understanding of the characters and feeling than any book

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