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Farewell to Manzanar is Jeanne Wakatsuki's autobiography of her experiences at Manzanar an internment camp for Japanese and Japanese Americans. During World War II Japanese-Americans were relocated in Manzanar for their own protection but the people in Manzanar made the argument "if this is for our protection then why do they surround us in barb wire fences" (Wakatsuki, 65) they relocated Japanese Americans because President Roosevelt signed 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. A theme that Wakatsuki wants to get across would be," where you're from or your ancestry, is not as important as were you were raised and follow your heart" (Wakatsuki, 92). Jeanne was raised in the Long Beach area and thought that her heart was American. She had many experiences with life …show more content…

The religion that she studied was Catholicism in the Maryknoll Chapel in camp; this was not the first time that Jeanne studied this religion. She liked the fact of getting baptized in a white gown a vein and hearing the many stories of the saints and martyrs. Although Jeanne’s parent did not support her study of this new religion. Jeannes parents also did not support Jeanne when she attended school, particulary how she dressed durinng school and the activities she participated. For example when she was nominated for queen her dad resented it “Dont make faces you want to be the carnival queen? I tell you what. I’ll tell you what. I’ll make a deal with you. You can be the queen if you start odori lessons at the Buddhist church as soon as school is out.” (Wakatsuki, 160) Her dad still disliked his own ultimatum because he didn't want her daughter to

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