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This 4 page paper discusses the historical contexts of Steinbeck's In Dubious Battle and Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston's book, Farewell to Manzanar. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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ever written which is completely accurate or truthful. This is not the fault or attributable to the base nature of the historian, but rather a realization that even those who
report incidents as eyewitnesses filter the story with their own understanding, prejudices and experiences of the event. This is evident in Jeanne Wakatsuki Houstons book, Farewell to Manzanar and John
Steinbecks, In Dubious Battle. The day that lived in infamy as coined by the President when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, was awe inspiring to some, comforting to others,
but to the millions of Japanese-Americans who were rounded up and taken to internment camps, it was purely ironic. It can be said that it was ironic for the pure
fact that while America was fighting to secure the freedoms that America supposedly stood for, millions of her citizens were considered disloyal or a threat, based on their ethnic backgrounds.
Against such a backdrop is Jeanne Watkatsuki Houstons book, Farewell to Manzanar. The impact and impressions that the camp leaves on her whole family is chronicled in a saga spanning
her time in the camp, to her time as an adult looking back at the experience. Constantly struggling to find a way to fit into the structure of a country
that essentially considers her Caucasian, to a point, and her familys adherence to their Japanese traditions. She is simultaneously included and excluded from the American Dream, until she returns to
Manzanar some thirty years later. Finally, she is able to make peace with her experiences in Manzanar and its impact on her life. In the Asian culture, face, is everything.
Houstons father had been declared an unfaithful citizen based on his ancestry. His time in the camp resulted in a loss of face and he becomes depressed and begins to
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