Wakatsuki never seems bitter about her experience in Manzanar and never directly condemns the relocation policy. Why does she choose not to pass judgment?
because she was young, and sees the relocation as a new experience that'll be fun and exciting. The adult's troubles didn't bother her much. Jeanne was busy trying out hobbies and such. She was shielded from most of the troubles while in camp by her family.
She was an adolencent at the time and she didn't know what the true experiance would be like. She had misconceptions about it. She was able to escape the troubles at "home" by particitpating in activities and religous affairs at the camp. She didn't know how intense the situation was because of her age and with the help of her family, she was able to avoid the troubles and circumstances that came with living in Manzanar.
Because Jeanne was too young and grew up in a "white" society, she didin't condemn the judgement becuase she never felt judged. She was too busy with her own outside activites that she never really understood the lifestyle at living at Manzanar. She grew up in this lifestyle and always thought that it was normal; there was nothing to judge about it.
Because when Jeanne was sent to the camp, she didn't realize how serious and complicated the whole situation was. She was young enough to be able to see the camp as an adventure. At the camp, she was still pretty sheltered by her family, and she was able to take part in some activities at the camp.
She didn't condemn the judgments because later she realized that it was just one small part of her life, even though it impacted her quite a bit. If she was judgmental, then she'd be a hypocrite since she didn't want the white people to judge her as Japanese; she would be judging them in the exact opposite manner. She realized that she needed to just let things go and not dwell on the past.
She choose's not to pass judgment because she is not sad, not mad that she and her faimly where sent to Manzanar. In the book it says that her life begain when she entered the camp. She was protected from life when she was in Califonia. When she went to Manzanar she exsperinced new things that she would never got to do if she still lived her protected life. After camp she was able to many things because what she learend in camp. For her the bad is equaliy wieghted by good she got out of Manzanar.
I think that she passes no judgement because she is young. At a younger age, kids don't really seem to remeber much and she was in a different society then what she came from. Plua to her this was the beginning. Unlike the adults that were there, who had done so much and then it ended, she was young and started on a new path.
she was to young to understand or pass a judgment about the relocation. For her it was just another experience in life and though it did effect her, it didn't harm her in any family or physical way. If she had judged the situation she would have been bitter her whole life
she was so young when she was placed in the camp she was introduced to new things like hobbies and cultural ideas. These distracted her from the troubles that she and her family were facing.
She was too young too care, to her it all just seemed like a normal part of life. She new if she would pass judgement, her life would be harder. At that time she was just trying to live the best she could in a bad situation.
Not only was Jeanne young when this event occurred, but most of the people she spent time around were also young. Young people don't seem to notice things as race nearly as much as older people do, therefor Jeanne doesn't see this relocation as racism. Also, even during this relocation, she picks up new hobbies that make the experience seem better than it did to older people, and at her age she barely knew what life was like outside of the camps. She saw everything that went on in internment as normal.
As a young child values are different from the adults values Jeanne immerses herself in hobbies such as ballet ad baton twirling when her mother for example is working hard to just keep her family afloat. Her mother has a better idea of why Japan and the U.S. are at war while Jeanne just knows that she is different and wants to be accepted. She clearly is not bitter for her naive youth never allowed her to grow hatred for the U.S. while she had to eat bad food and sleep in a cot. As an adult she has a family and a life she is happy with and is content that she was not set back by internment but given a lesson in self respect and accepting towards others.
She didnt really know what was happening to her while she was in the camp. She never had a previous life. she didnt have a life to remain, she just started her life when she got out of manzanar
Because when she was sent to the camp, she was too young to understand what the situation was. It just seemed as a part of life to her. So she did not understand how serious it was for the adults.
She is participating in activities such as baton twirling, while her mother is trying to keep the family together.
she was just a kid so when got to camp she dident no what to exept exept good because there nothing to be scared of so shes acts as if this is the way of live so when stuff accours the adults get mad or upset she thins its just way of life .
As a child, your mind is still forming and you take on many points of view. So instead of passing judgment, she looks at this experience (at the time) as a minor inconvenience and an opportunity to meet new people and learn new things. For a young person in the internment camps, it was a taking of point for their lives, but for the adults, it was a life changing or ending experience. As live goes on, you start to invest more in your life. You have more savings, more possessions, and more reputation. If you were 50 and had a house, a car, and a successful business and were forced to give that up, go live in horrible living conditions, and then be released and forced to start over, you might pass judgment. But if you were a little kid, that had no possessions and lived off your parents, the possibility that you would pass judgment is much less.
She was young at the time during the occurrence. So she sees the relocation camp as a new experience and does not see it as bad as the adults seem to look at it. She was trying out the things in the camp that were available for her to do. And due to that she was so young, she was able to avoid the troubles at the camp.
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because she was young, and sees the relocation as a new experience that'll be fun and exciting. The adult's troubles didn't bother her much. Jeanne was busy trying out hobbies and such. She was shielded from most of the troubles while in camp by her family.
She was an adolencent at the time and she didn't know what the true experiance would be like. She had misconceptions about it. She was able to escape the troubles at "home" by particitpating in activities and religous affairs at the camp. She didn't know how intense the situation was because of her age and with the help of her family, she was able to avoid the troubles and circumstances that came with living in Manzanar.
Because Jeanne was too young and grew up in a "white" society, she didin't condemn the judgement becuase she never felt judged. She was too busy with her own outside activites that she never really understood the lifestyle at living at Manzanar. She grew up in this lifestyle and always thought that it was normal; there was nothing to judge about it.
Because when Jeanne was sent to the camp, she didn't realize how serious and complicated the whole situation was. She was young enough to be able to see the camp as an adventure. At the camp, she was still pretty sheltered by her family, and she was able to take part in some activities at the camp.
She didn't condemn the judgments because later she realized that it was just one small part of her life, even though it impacted her quite a bit. If she was judgmental, then she'd be a hypocrite since she didn't want the white people to judge her as Japanese; she would be judging them in the exact opposite manner. She realized that she needed to just let things go and not dwell on the past.
She choose's not to pass judgment because she is not sad, not mad that she and her faimly where sent to Manzanar. In the book it says that her life begain when she entered the camp. She was protected from life when she was in Califonia. When she went to Manzanar she exsperinced new things that she would never got to do if she still lived her protected life. After camp she was able to many things because what she learend in camp. For her the bad is equaliy wieghted by good she got out of Manzanar.
I think that she passes no judgement because she is young. At a younger age, kids don't really seem to remeber much and she was in a different society then what she came from. Plua to her this was the beginning. Unlike the adults that were there, who had done so much and then it ended, she was young and started on a new path.
she was to young to understand or pass a judgment about the relocation. For her it was just another experience in life and though it did effect her, it didn't harm her in any family or physical way. If she had judged the situation she would have been bitter her whole life
she was so young when she was placed in the camp she was introduced to new things like hobbies and cultural ideas. These distracted her from the troubles that she and her family were facing.
She was too young too care, to her it all just seemed like a normal part of life. She new if she would pass judgement, her life would be harder. At that time she was just trying to live the best she could in a bad situation.
Not only was Jeanne young when this event occurred, but most of the people she spent time around were also young. Young people don't seem to notice things as race nearly as much as older people do, therefor Jeanne doesn't see this relocation as racism. Also, even during this relocation, she picks up new hobbies that make the experience seem better than it did to older people, and at her age she barely knew what life was like outside of the camps. She saw everything that went on in internment as normal.
As a young child values are different from the adults values Jeanne immerses herself in hobbies such as ballet ad baton twirling when her mother for example is working hard to just keep her family afloat. Her mother has a better idea of why Japan and the U.S. are at war while Jeanne just knows that she is different and wants to be accepted. She clearly is not bitter for her naive youth never allowed her to grow hatred for the U.S. while she had to eat bad food and sleep in a cot. As an adult she has a family and a life she is happy with and is content that she was not set back by internment but given a lesson in self respect and accepting towards others.
She didnt really know what was happening to her while she was in the camp. She never had a previous life. she didnt have a life to remain, she just started her life when she got out of manzanar
Because when she was sent to the camp, she was too young to understand what the situation was. It just seemed as a part of life to her. So she did not understand how serious it was for the adults.
She is participating in activities such as baton twirling, while her mother is trying to keep the family together.
she was just a kid so when got to camp she dident no what to exept exept good because there nothing to be scared of so shes acts as if this is the way of live so when stuff accours the adults get mad or upset she thins its just way of life .
As a child, your mind is still forming and you take on many points of view. So instead of passing judgment, she looks at this experience (at the time) as a minor inconvenience and an opportunity to meet new people and learn new things. For a young person in the internment camps, it was a taking of point for their lives, but for the adults, it was a life changing or ending experience. As live goes on, you start to invest more in your life. You have more savings, more possessions, and more reputation. If you were 50 and had a house, a car, and a successful business and were forced to give that up, go live in horrible living conditions, and then be released and forced to start over, you might pass judgment. But if you were a little kid, that had no possessions and lived off your parents, the possibility that you would pass judgment is much less.
She was young at the time during the occurrence. So she sees the relocation camp as a new experience and does not see it as bad as the adults seem to look at it. She was trying out the things in the camp that were available for her to do. And due to that she was so young, she was able to avoid the troubles at the camp.
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