Farewell To Manzanar By Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

The Pearl Harbor bombing took place on December 7, 1941. This horrible tragedy was committed by the Japanese. In 1942, the United States government ordered many Japanese Americans/Aliens to leave their homes hastily and was detained in remote, military-style camps. They were frightened and unaided due to their indefinite incarceration by the Americans shortly after Pearl Harbor was bombed. The Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of the camps where the Wakatsuki family was interned during World War II. They stayed there for more than three years, from 1941-1945. In “Farewell to Manzanar,” Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James Houston elaborated that the Wakatsuki family faced many challenges in Manzanar in order to survive the humiliation and

The non-violent way is the most logical line of attack of defeating oppression by rising above it and proving to the oppressors that they were not any better than those they tyrannize. Although the nonviolent resistance is the most challenging way to deal with oppression because of its lengthy process, but the long term result of equality and justice can be achieved successfully, peacefully and effectively. Consequently, Houston is first of her family to receive a college education. She marries a man other than her ethnicity, and has three children. Houston struggles and abilities to reconcile her Japanese heritage with the American culture play a very crucial role in finding her true identity. It takes her twenty years to entirely absorb her experiences in Manzanar. Finally, she finds the courage to go back to Manzanar with her husband and children in order to revive that traumatizing life. Her total recollections about her experiences and family’s fights in Manzanar give her the ability to gain the acceptance she desires. Ultimately, she finds everlasting peace and incredible memories that provide a rich source of information in understanding herself worth as a Japanese-American citizen of the United States of