Farewell to Manzanar

By Mei Li Robinson

Subjects: Houston, jeanne wakatsuki, Nonfiction, Japanese americans, evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945, General, Criticism and interpretation, Literary Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM, Manzanar war relocation center, American, Concentration camps

Description: The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into key elements and ideas within classic works of literature. CliffsNotes on Farewell to Manzanar explores the autobiographical childhood memories of the author's wartime incarceration in a Japanese-American internment camp. Following the first-person story of American-born Jeanne Wakatsuki, who was 7 years old when her family was forced into confinement with 10,000 other Asian-Americans after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, this study guide provides summaries and critical commentaries for each chapter within a narrative that spans three decades. Other features that help you figure out this important work include Author background, including coverage of Jeanne's healing return to Manzanar Introduction to the novel, with historical perspective Critical essays on style, settings, and themes Character analyses of Jeanne Wakatsuki and ...