Farewell to Manzanar Themes, Symbols, Characters

Papa starts to drink and becomes abusive. The older children leave Manzanar. Their meal-time ritual is gone. The loyalty oath causes problems between Papa and Woody. Papa is said to be a spy or inu.

There is unspoken _________ in life. For example, Radine didn't know Japanese could speak English and was surprised Jeanne could speak English. There is mistaken beliefs about people. Jeanne feels there is hatred but it is also _______. There is limitations of Jeanne's race-during Carnival queen she is dressed differently and everyone is surprised. People are afraid of having a japanese queen. They are afraid of being looked at different.

can be the kingdom or a mans life

the greenery that will spring even from a rock

The narrator of the novel. As a child, she is cheerful and innocent. Her family is moved to an American relocation camp for Japanese-Americans. She is troubled by racism.

The patriarch of the family. He is an imposing figure in his family of 10 children. He does everything with a flourish and basks in the long gone glory of his origins of Japan. He is falsely arrested and imprisoned in an American jail during the war. His pride is nearly impossible for him to overcome. He begins to drink heavily.

yes, yes, no, no loss of pride-can't do things with a flourish loss of respect from family and others

papa vs. drinking Papa vs. yes, yes, no, no groups racial hatred family split

a dignified women a supportive wife and mother primary money maker and tries to keep the family together

Radine's astonishment that Jeanne can speak english at the beauty pageant she wants to feel accepted by dressing the way people want She has a hard time figuring out what she wants to do in Manzanar

breaking family stucture-people stop eating as a family distrust-loyalty oath, sugar riot time to eat, meetings

an older brother, hard working, independent