Summary Of Farewell To Manzanar

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In the stories, Farewell to Manzanar and The Bracelet Jeanne Wakatsuki and Yoshiko Uchida maintain that there are many similarities within their families. The families don’t like the feeling of one significant family member who moves, as they do tend to worry. Without them, they wouldn’t be able to do things their father would have been able to do. The two families come from a Japanese American culture, where their beliefs and customs are somewhat similar. There are similarities of the Japanese American culture and the way things tend to change when their fathers leave. The overall argument of this is to show readers that if there has been one change to one family, there would be things the rest of the family would have to figure out on their…show more content…
These two stories have similarities that consist of their Japanese-American culture and how things may have changed if one person has moved out or left the household. There were many things the family couldn’t do without Papa in, Farewell to Manzanar. “If Papa had been home, he would have cut the first iris blossom and brought it inside to Mama… now that Papa was gone and Mama was too busy to take care of it. It looked the way I felt, sort of empty and lonely and abandoned.” (Uchida 25) For instance, if person leaves the household at least one thing will be different, as the culture will stay the same. Ruri’s interactions with others were to have remembrance as a key to her heart, “I didn’t need the bracelet to remember Laurie, just as I didn’t need anything to remember Papa or our home in Berkley or all the people and the things we loved and had left behind.” (Uchida 28) Based on what I read, even if there was nothing she can do about what she has lost, she will still always remember them by heart. Likewise, In Farewell to Manzanar they got through a slightly different conflict that affects their families, as things got difficult for them to conquer

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