In the book Farewell to Manzanar, the Japanese-Americans rights were wrongfully taken away by the American government, violating the Bill Of Rights. During WWII after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese-Americans lives had forever been changed. The Japanese-Americans were forced out of their homes, and practically forced to start a new life just because of how they looked. Jeanne Wakatsuki shares her story of her family going through the rough times being a Japanese-American after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and how it affected her life forever. “Just because they looked like the enemy they were the enemy” (Remembering Manzanar). Being a Japanese-American in this time frame was very terrifying because the American government thought that because a person was of Japanese descent, they were automatically considered a threat. Children born in America that are from Japanese descent, didn’t get to choose what origin their family came from and the government didn’t care that they were born in the U.S. “They were forced out of …show more content…
“This fear of attack translated into a ready acceptance by a majority of Americans of the need to sacrifice in order to achieve victory” (The U.S. Home Front During World War Two). The american citizens were terrified of being attacked by the Japanese and some had decided to join the army to sacrifice their lives to save the country. They were ready to lay down their lives to have a normal peaceful life again. “Women began securing jobs as welders, electricians and riveters in defense plants” (The U.S. Home Front During World War Two). Women had to join jobs that were only for men, since the men were going off to the war to fight and the women needed to be able to pay for the family. The jobs that the women had taken were strictly for men but since most of the men were gone, employers made an