For your second formal writing assignment, please compose an essay that analyzes Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston’s Farewell to Manzanar. Choose ONE of the questions from below:

Please do not use secondary sources for this essay; however, you must include a quote from a fellow classmate’s Response Paper. Please use MLA formatting, including a properly formatted Works Cited page.

Option #1: Describe how Jeanne deals with ethnic / cultural / national identities. How does her “sense of self” shift throughout the book and how does she (try to) fit into a particularly “American” identity?

Option #2: One of your Response Papers asked you to analyze the change in family dynamics caused by internment. Expand upon that Paper with a developed, detailed essay that traces those changes, with a thesis that specifically asserts HOW the family changes.

I will provide reading, when u give me answer, provide a Turnitin report

Secondary sources ( peer’s work) below

“This is difficult for Jeanne because she is still young and since she is around so many Japanese people, versus her life with Papa before in the American neighborhood, makes it hard for her to identify with her American side. ” (classmate Britney Delong)

“Jeanne’s family begins to acculturate into white mainstream American culture by assimilating at the camps to regular American activities like bands, dance activities, clubs, and sports. They also found ways to employ themselves and have jobs that may be considered more American. Moreover, they were forced to take a loyalty oath against their country of origin, Japan. Growing up and living in both Japan and the US, Jeanne’s family finds themselves at a moral and cultural crossroads.” (Classmate Ashley Rinaldo)

”I’ve found myself feeling internal conflict with whether I am connected enough to Korean culture, and have also, unfortunately, faced some not so great people that have basically told me I’m either “not White enough” or “not Korean enough”.(Classmate Ashley Rinaldo)

“They had to make a decision to survive, or die knowing they did not turn their backs on their country. They took an oath saying they will in all ways be American, and do what ever it takes to defend their foreign country” (classmate Geraldine Rodriguez)