Gabriel’s Reviews > Farewell to Manzanar, Grade 10: Mcdougal Littell Literature Connections > Status Update

Jeanne Wakatuki finishes her story about her life on Manzanar and moves on to tell how her life was after the camp. She talks about middle school and her high school experience.

Jeanne Wakatsuki moves on from the harsh story and talks about after they sign the contact. Their lives improve. And for once they are allowed to leave the camp for a bit. Some families are even allowed to leave for good.

Jeanne Wakatuski goes on to explain what happened once there was a meeting to discus the war document. Only "heads of households" can attend. The she goes and and says that she was playing outside when she heard her farther yelling in the mess hall. Here she sees her father jump out and fight another man.

Jeanne Wakatsuki speak of the troubles that this document brought. The document is composed to 2 questions where the Japanese at the camps believe that depending on what you answer you will be sent to the military or to another camp to be shipped to Japan.

In "Farewell To Manzanar" Jeanne Wakatuki talks about the time when her brother in law and her work group was captured by the MP. She also talks about how they got a new director after the riot they had. Not only that but she mentions when her brother wanted to fight in the war and her farther didn't want to lose a son.

Jeanne Watatuki finished telling the story of her farther in the camps and now she is telling us about a riot in the camp. There seems to be rumors about a white chef who is stealing meat and sugar from other chefs and is selling it in the black market. Not only that but she talks about how the sugar they are giving out is not actually real and that it is killing the infants.