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Manasa Jannamaraju Mrs. Teslich P1 Farewell to Manzanar Essay 23 February, 2016 Dreams, Hopes, and Plans Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston, distinguishes the experience of Japanese Americans that were sent to internment camp during World War II. Japanese Americans were moved out of their homes into internment camps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The Japanese Americans struggled in the internment camp and the camp changed their lives drastically. This book is all about dreams, hopes, and plans. Some dreams were not accomplished due to many reasons. “All dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” This book is all about one’s personal determination and perseverance to create new and …show more content…

Without plans there are no dreams. Papa was a first-generation Japanese immigrant, he was considered as a self-reliant and a confident man who was capable of withholding his pride and dignity. “But he had held onto his self-respect, he dreamed grand dreams, and he could work well at any task he turned his hand to: he could raise vegetables, sail a boat, plead a case in small chains court, sing Japanese poems, make false teeth, crave a pig.”(42) This quote shows that Papa had “dreamed grand dreams,” but he didn’t have any plans to support his dreams. That’s why everyone considered him as dexterity because he had the strength and ability to do many things, but he didn’t stick to one specific he wanted to do in life or achieve in life. His experience shows how discriminatory accusations were made against him, these accusations hurt his family. Some of the complaints were when the FBI accused Papa of being a Japanese spy when he wasn’t, his relationship with his family slowly disintegrated due to the lack of pride and dignity and he becomes an …show more content…

Dreams are worth fighting for because you would get something that you have always wanted. Like the elders say “If you want something from the bottom of your heart you would always get it.” Throughout this book there have been ups and downs, but in the end it’s all about one’s personal determination to create new and different dreams everyday. Works Cited Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki., and James D. Houston. Farewell to Manzanar; a True Story of Japanese American Experience during and after the World War II Internment. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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