Examples Of Discrimination In Farewell To Manzanar

Discrimination against any race, no matter what the reason is always very wrong. In the book “Farewell to Manzanar” the Japanese-Americans were blamed for the attack on Pearl Harbor even though they had no part in it. The Jews in the the novel “Night” were targeted for absolutely no reason besides the fact that Hitler did not like them. Both races were sent away to be isolated from the world to different types of camps. While the concept of the camps were the same, they had very opposite living conditions. The point of the camps were to keep that certain race out of the public and to basically hide them away from the world. The Japanese-Americans were sent to camps called internment camps while the Jews and other ‘misfits’ were sent to places

Any metal they may have had in their mouth, may it be a gold crown or fake tooth, was all removed forcefully and then given to the German army. A number was tattooed onto their arm and that was who they became. From that moment on, they were no longer a person, they were just a number that had been tattooed onto their arm. Things weren’t quite as harsh for the Japanese-Americans. They were put into the same mindset that they were lower than the other races of humans, especially the white Americans. But, their mental conditions were not quite as bad. They were allowed to still practice their culture and worship their god without the fear of punishment. The Japanese-Americans were allowed to wear their same clothes and did not have to give up all their belongings. They could keep their original styles and personality all while they were living in the camps. The Jews from the Holocaust were not allowed to have any type of freedom like that because giving them that type of freedom would give them the idea that they are more than just animals stuck in the

The two novels “Night” and “Farewell to Manzanar” were different time periods and were for different reasons; “Night is based off of the Holocaust and “Farewell to Manzanar” were based after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The people were sent to the concentration camps to work and can not leave. The human interactions between prisoners in Auschwitz and prisoners in Manzanar were differed of how they were treated. In the two novels there were people that felt the need to remind people to stay strong. In “Night” people were telling each other stay alive keep pushing but there were different ways. In the novel “Night” people were telling each other do it for you family or it will end soon to at least to have them keep pushing to live. In “Farewell to Manzanar” the people were telling each other that they can not keep them in there forever and how they need to keep pushing for their