World War II was a very scary time for a lot of people. The short stories Night and Farewell to Manzanar show what can happen during these times. Family members are separated, and people are trying to understand what is happening to them. Both stories show ways people had to deal with the struggles. How people react to what happens can show a lot about them and how strong they are as a family. The short stories In Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki and Night by Elie Wiesel are examples of how people react when forces outside of their control bring bad things into their lives. Farewell to Manzanar deals with the U.S. during WWII and how Japanese people were discriminated in America. It is about a whole family getting sent to internment camp. Some of the people wanted to …show more content…
The internment camps in Farewell to Manzanar were less dangerous than the concentration camps in Night. The camps for the Japanese were located in America. The government said the camp was built to keep the Japanese safe from Americans. In these camps people were able to be friends, speak to each other and people were given jobs and they got paid for their work. They gave them food often; they never ran out of food. The difference between concentration camps and internment camps is significant because internment camps were more of a holding place while concentration camps mostly meant death. While the family shown in Farewell to Manzanar was able to know where they would get their food and felt safe most of the time, the father and son in Night had to constantly be aware of their surroundings to avoid poison showers, being melted alive, or deadly food. Finally there were many psychological differences between the two stories. In Farewell to Manzanar the family did not have to worry about being selected for death but, in Night every moment could mean you, your friends, family, or child could be taken and