Farewell to Manzanar
List at least five direct quotations describing how the conditions at Manzanar were degrading?
List at least five direct quotations describing how the conditions at manzanar were degrading
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List at least five direct quotations describing how the conditions at manzanar were degrading
"Her eyes blazed then, her voice quietly furious. 'Woody, we can't live like this. Animals live like this.'" Chapter 3, p. 24.
"'The Manzanar runs' became a condition of life, and you only hoped that when you rushed to the latrine, one would be in working order." Chapter 4, p. 27.
“We woke early, shivering and coated with dust that had blown up through the knotholes and in through the slits around the doorway. During the night Mama had unpacked all our clothes and heaped them on our beds for warmth.”
"Like so many of the women there, Mama never did get used to the latrines. It was a humiliation she just learned to endure: shigata ga nai, this cannot be helped. She would quickly subordinate her own desires to those of the family or the community, because she knew cooperation as the only way to survive. At the same time she placed a high premium on personal privacy, respected it in others and insisted upon it for herself." Chapter 4, p. 30.
But the entire situation there, especially in the beginning … was an open insult to that other, private self, a slap in the face you were powerless to challenge. Chapter 4
Farewell to Manzanar