This book made me see the harsh reality of the world. But after reading Houston’s book, everyone will see, buried in history, the injustice that Japanese Americans faced throughout this era. The amount of discrimination the Japanese Americans faced before and after evacuating was astronomical. The government moved their very own Japanese citizens, people contributing to their country, into camps out of fear that these Japanese Americans were working with Japan. Because of the bombing, the United States government considered every Japanese resident of the United States suspicious. And not only the hatred they felt towards Japanese people living in Japan, but hatred towards Japanese Americans, too. But most people won’t think of the hatred Americans felt towards the Japanese after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. They think of how Germany’s cruel leader tortured innocent people. When people think of World War II, most think of the Holocaust and the discrimination and oppression of Jews. Grappling with issues ranging from loyalty between countries to food and housing to family separation, this book will give you a look into how a large family facing hard times perseveres through it and gets back to where they once were before they were knocked down.
The author, one of the people placed in the camps, tells of the times of hardship and discrimination during World War II. In 1941, approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans were evacuated into ten internment camps. Houston, is a compelling and insightful look into the past. Farewell to Manzanar, a memoir by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D.
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