Human Resilience Losing the smallest amount of freedom is extremely hard to imagine. Throughout history, there have been many groups of people who were denied freedom because of the way they look. When someone is told to give up absolutely everything, it creates a fear like no other. This fear came to life in 1941 when all Japanese-Americans discovered they were being forced to move somewhere they had never heard of and live in terrible conditions. This is only one of the many hardships the Japanese-Americans faced during World War II. These people show incredible resilience against the racism and prejudice they face. They supported each other through hard times. In a book called Farewell to Manzanar, three people stood out for their impeccable …show more content…
In the book, he was referred to as Papa because that is what Jeanne called him when she was younger. Papa was a fisherman and had a simple life until the bombing of Pearl Harbor. When he first heard that the U.S. base was bombed, from that point on, his life started to spiral downward. After the bombing, he went home with mixed feelings, causing him to burn his Japanese flag. Then a few weeks later, two men came and forced him to leave his house. He was at a work camp for around a year. He worked as an interpreter, and even this caused him more trouble. When he first arrived at Manzanar he just wasn't the same; he was quiet, had angry outbursts, and became an alcoholic. After all that, he lived another 3 years in Manzanar, and when he was finally a free man he had to start building himself up from the dirt all over again. He did all of this, showing his amazing resilience. Another person in the book who stood out was the main character’s mother, Rigu Sukai Wakatsuki, who was a strong woman. She never gave up on it. Even when everything was going against her, she planted herself like a tree and wouldn't