The Bot Ruri And Jeanne Experience Their Family

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During World War 2, the lives of many people were affected. Japanese were affected the most because of bombs that was dropped at Pearl Harbor by Japanese planes. In a fictional and nonfictional story, “The Bracelet” and “Farewell to Manzanar”, Ruri and Jeanne both experience their dad being taken away. Bot Ruri and Jeanne were sent to camp where they had to live in crowded rooms. Both Ruri and Jeanne had similar experiences considering that both of their dad were taken away and that they both experience discrimination at the concentration camps. Many people experience their family being torn apart due to many obstacles in life. Both Ruri and Jeanne experience their family being ripped apart after their dad was taken away. Ruri’s dad …show more content…

The FBI took the community leaders because the Government thinks that these leaders had something to do with the bombing. “The FBI (...) and hundreds of other Japanese community leaders” reveal that this is a huge problem. Government must be involved in resolving the problem because the problem involves the FBI. Lots of lives were affected because of the bombing. Papa must be an important figure in the family because Ruti writes papa with a capital P. Ruri and her family must be confused without their father. This relates to Jeanne because her and her family’s life was also affected when their father was taken away. The life of many others were affected due to bombing and were forced to go to camp. Jeanne’s dad was taken to an all-men camp for Japanese people. At the beginning of the story, Jeanne talks about her dad when she says,”They had seen how quickly [p]apa was removed, and they knew now that he would not be back for a while. (...). He had been imprisoned at Fort Lincoln, in an all-male camp for enemy aliens” (Wakatsuki Houston 11). Jeanne’s father was taken away to a camp because he was a Japanese. “[E]nemy aliens” reveals that Americans view …show more content…

Ruri, Jeanne, and their families all experience discrimination at America. This was due to Japanese planes bombing Pearl Harbor. The Japanese at the evacuation were all loyal Americans. The Japanese parents that came from Japan could not become a citizen. In the middle of the story, Ruri and her family experience discrimination when she says,”But our parents who came from Japan, [could not] become citizens because there was a law that prevented any Asian from becoming a citizen. Everybody with a Japanese face was being shipped off to concentration camp”(Uchida 26). Ruri’s parents were not allowed to become citizens because they were Japanese. Anyone with a Japanese face was sent to camp. “[T]here was a law that prevented Asian from becoming a citizen” reveals that there is hate towards Asian people. It was clear that Americans did not want Asians coming to America. The word shipped is usually referred to items or objects. The Americans treats the Japanese as objects could be inferred from the word shipped. Jeanne and her family also experience similar problems which caused them to live in camps. They also experience discrimination because they were Japanese. Jeanne and her family went to camp because their government ordered them to. They wanted to prove their loyalty towards the Americans. Towards the middle of the story, Jeanne and her family experience discrimination when she says,”The name