Life in Japanese Internment Camp
The Unimaginable: The life in Japanese Americans Internment Camps
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Introduction
Thesis: Even though the Japanese Americans were able to adapt to their new environment, the
Japanese American internment camps robbed the evacuees of their basic rights.
Background
I. Japanese Americans adapted to their new environment by forming communities at the camps. A. One of the first actions that evacuees took is establishing school system.
B. The evacuees established self-government among themselves.
C. The evacuees produced own food and other products for themselves.
II. The evacuees adapted to their new environment by creating means of joy and happiness. A. The internees played games and sports. B. The internees made use of arts and music to create joy.
C. The internees, especially women, enjoyed the freedom from having to do housework.
D. The internees continued with what they did outside the barbed wire.
III. The internees had no privacy and were always reminded of the fact that they are being controlled and supervised. A. Everywhere, they are surrounded by factors that force them to acknowledge the fact that they are being interned such as barbed wire and soldiers.
B. The lack of privacy can be shown during meal time.
C. The structure of the camps are meant to give the internees no private time.
IV. The internees lost relationship with people around them. A. The internees lost relationship with their families. B. The internees lost relationship with their village people. . C. The internment forced the internees to lose the traditional relationship between Issei and Nisei.
Conclusion
The Unimaginable: The Life in Japanese American Internment Camp
World War II was a time of mass hatred and unnecessary sufferings of innocents. This belief is, in most part, based off of the establishment of Jewish concentration camp for the Holocaust. However, that is not the whole
By
OUTLINE
Introduction
Thesis: Even though the Japanese Americans were able to adapt to their new environment, the
Japanese American internment camps robbed the evacuees of their basic rights.
Background
I. Japanese Americans adapted to their new environment by forming communities at the camps. A. One of the first actions that evacuees took is establishing school system.
B. The evacuees established self-government among themselves.
C. The evacuees produced own food and other products for themselves.
II. The evacuees adapted to their new environment by creating means of joy and happiness. A. The internees played games and sports. B. The internees made use of arts and music to create joy.
C. The internees, especially women, enjoyed the freedom from having to do housework.
D. The internees continued with what they did outside the barbed wire.
III. The internees had no privacy and were always reminded of the fact that they are being controlled and supervised. A. Everywhere, they are surrounded by factors that force them to acknowledge the fact that they are being interned such as barbed wire and soldiers.
B. The lack of privacy can be shown during meal time.
C. The structure of the camps are meant to give the internees no private time.
IV. The internees lost relationship with people around them. A. The internees lost relationship with their families. B. The internees lost relationship with their village people. . C. The internment forced the internees to lose the traditional relationship between Issei and Nisei.
Conclusion
The Unimaginable: The Life in Japanese American Internment Camp
World War II was a time of mass hatred and unnecessary sufferings of innocents. This belief is, in most part, based off of the establishment of Jewish concentration camp for the Holocaust. However, that is not the whole
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