What is the climax of Farewell to Manzanar?
Climax: Jeanne’s high school in San Jose elects her carnival queen, Papa thinks Jeanne is forgetting her Japanese roots and flaunting her sexuality. Falling action: Jeanne becomes more conservative but relalises that she will never be accepted by either society.
What were some of the activities that Papa started doing Farewell to Manzanar?
Manzanar becomes its own world with its own churches, stores, movie theaters, and schools, and many of its residents forget about the war. Papa talks Woody out of volunteering for the military, and Woody works at the general store while he waits to be drafted.
What happens in Farewell to Manzanar Chapter 9?
In chapter 9 of Farewell to Manzanar, Jeanne describes the December Riot. This riot is the result of months of tensions and anger finally reaching an exploding point one year after the Pearl Harbor attack happened. Papa keeps Jeanne and her family inside, but she remembers hearing the rioting mob.
What happens in chapter 10 of Farewell to Manzanar?
Summary—Chapter 10: The Reservoir Shack: An Aside Jeanne’s brother-in-law Kaz is foreman of a reservoir maintenance crew that must leave the camp on the night of the riots. They drive to the reservoir, check the water, and set up camp in a small shack where each crew must spend its twenty-four-hour shift.
Why does it take Jeanne so many years to finally go back to Manzanar?
It has taken her 20 years to figure out just who she is. She has become the first member of her family to graduate from college and the first to marry outside her race. She, along with many other residents of Manzanar, find it difficult to talk about the camp.
What was Jeanne nominated for when she was a senior?
In 1951 he moves the family to the Santa Clara Valley outside of San Jose and begins sharecropping a hundred acres for a strawberry farmer. Jeanne is a senior in high school, but she tries to start over in the new school. The following spring, her homeroom nominates her to be carnival queen.
What did the place look like Farewell to Manzanar?
She and her husband and her children went to the site of the Manzanar camp. What did the place look like? The buildings were all gone only the gatehouse remained.
What is the theme of Farewell to Manzanar?
There are several themes, or recurring ideas, in her work. Some of these themes are childhood innocence and the understanding of reality she develops as she grows and matures. Being in an internment camp and learning to deal with racism at such a young age makes it difficult for her to develop a positive self-identity.
What was Jeanne afraid of on Terminal Island?
Why was Jeanne afraid on Terminal Island? It was the first time she had lived or gone to school with other Japanese people. So she was afraid of other Japanese people.
What problems did Jeanne’s family face in their living quarters?
The problems that Jeanne’s family faced in their living quarters is that there was sand getting into their space, it was cold all the time, and there was no privacy for the family. What task did Woody ask Ray and Kiyo to perform? They were supposed to nail down lids on the knotholes in the floor.