Response to "Farewell To Manzanar"

The author makes it very clear throughout this novel on how she and her family felt living in the Japanese concentration camps. Especially, when Jeanne talks of religion in one part of the memior. She talks of how she felt when her father would not let her countinue on with her practicing Catholicism. She did not understand her father's views at the time but late on in life she figured out why he did such a thing to her. The nun would not let go and begged of Jeanne's father to let her come back and practice being a Catholic. Her father was livid and turned the nun down. Jeanne became furious with her father at the time but later in life she would thank her father. Her father was stubborn and only wanted what was best for him through his children he was a selfish and self-absorbed person. If one who wanted to become Catholic they would just do it. If she really wanted it she would have went against her father's will and just have been a Catholic. But she did not and she believes it was for the best.

Creative Connection to "Farewell To Manzanar"

For our memior groups we were assigned certain parts or rolls in our groups about stories we had to complete. The rolls in our groups summarized our views and outlooks on how we interpreted the story. My roll in my group is the connector, which is finding certain parts in the story that relates to the real world or relates to one personally. There was a specific part in my memior that I felt had a speific connection to the real world. It was chapter eight when one of the son's, Kiyo punched his father in the face. The reason Kiyo punched his father in the face is because he was beating up the family's mother. The father turned into an alcholic after coming to the Japanese concentration camp during the World War II. The father was punched so hard by his son, his face was gushing blood. I believe this connects with the reality because it was Kiyo's breaking point. He was sick of looking at his father beat his mother. There are plenty families throuhgout this world that suffer from and abusive father because of alcholism. Kiyo is just one of the children throughout this world that just could not sit back anymore and watch his father continually beat his mother. The father was so stubborn Kiyo felt this was the only messege he could send to his father to stop hurting his mother physically, mentally and emotionally. Not only was he protecting his mother but he was also, protecting the other children in the house, as well. I just did not understand why Kiyo apologized to his father after he punched him in the face? Why would his father desereve an apology? I feel Kiyo did nothing wrong and he stood his ground as well as other children of abusive alcholic parents. In life one has to defend another family member if the other family member is in the wrong. Kiyo's father was in the wrong by beating his wife in front of his other children. Therefore, Kiyo was the only one who felt he needed to impose and discenegrate the horrible habbit his father was displaying towards the mother as well as to the others in their family.

Response to "Farewell to Manzanar" through non-fiction

As one is reading this story one can relate it to being non-fiction. the reason is because the story is non-fiction but she expresses her life throughout the whole story. The authour/narator, Jeanne Wakatsuki tells olf the truth of her life and that is what non-fiction is all about. Wakatsuki relates her life through the Japanese concentration camps during World War II as she is telling it through non-fiction. Her story was beatuifully written and anyone who gets the chance should read it. She tells it through her eyes and sometimes one can feel bad at other times it is like why is she tellling us this. This is because she is talking about her life and forming it into reality so maybe another individual could relate. That is what non-fiction is all about.

Definition of Non-fiction

I believe non-fiction can be defined as anything that is true; a story or novel that in reality is true. Non-fiction can aslo mean anything that has true meaning behind and something that another can relate to on a personal level. Also, non-fiction can mean anything that has been researched or explored to become a part of literature.