Farewell to Manzanar
ELAH 1 Susana Mendoza
Expository Essay Period 1 12 November 2013 Axworthy
In the memoir, Farewell to Manzanar, written by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston, Papa was born in Japan and he moved to America. While he was living in America the bombing of Pearl Harbor occurred. He was a fisherman who spent a lot of his time out at sea and he was accused of selling oil to Japan. He is sent to Manzanar and it is there where his true colors are shown. Papa will show with the little things he does, how he is traditional, demanding and very versatile.
From the very beginning, Papa shows us how is versatile by all the different jobs he has had in the past. Jeanne states that her father has had a lot of different jobs. “He had been a jack-of-all trade (Wakatsuki Houston 10). Jeanne states that her father has done a lot of different jobs. Also, Papa goes from job to job, all very different jobs. “When, I was born, he was farming near Inglewood. Later he started fishing, we moved to Ocean Park…” (Wakatsuki Houston 10). This shows us that Papa has had many different jobs and the he is good at doing many different tasks
Aside from being a versatile person, Papa was also very traditional person. He liked things being done the old fashion way. Jeanne has started to go back to catechism and Papa does not like it. “After I recovered, several months went by before I resumed catechism. For one thing Papa discouraged me” (Wakatsuki Houston 45). Papa does not like that Jeanne is going to a school where a different religion is taught. Papa wants Jeanne to call the odori class instructor and tell them that she will be attending. “Listen to me It’s not too late for her to learn Japanese ways of movement. The Buddhist church in San Jose gives Odori class twice a week. Jeannie I want you to phone the teacher and tell her you are going to start taking lessons. Mama has kimonos you can wear” (Wakatsuki Houston 177). Papa wants Jeanne to be
Expository Essay Period 1 12 November 2013 Axworthy
In the memoir, Farewell to Manzanar, written by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston, Papa was born in Japan and he moved to America. While he was living in America the bombing of Pearl Harbor occurred. He was a fisherman who spent a lot of his time out at sea and he was accused of selling oil to Japan. He is sent to Manzanar and it is there where his true colors are shown. Papa will show with the little things he does, how he is traditional, demanding and very versatile.
From the very beginning, Papa shows us how is versatile by all the different jobs he has had in the past. Jeanne states that her father has had a lot of different jobs. “He had been a jack-of-all trade (Wakatsuki Houston 10). Jeanne states that her father has done a lot of different jobs. Also, Papa goes from job to job, all very different jobs. “When, I was born, he was farming near Inglewood. Later he started fishing, we moved to Ocean Park…” (Wakatsuki Houston 10). This shows us that Papa has had many different jobs and the he is good at doing many different tasks
Aside from being a versatile person, Papa was also very traditional person. He liked things being done the old fashion way. Jeanne has started to go back to catechism and Papa does not like it. “After I recovered, several months went by before I resumed catechism. For one thing Papa discouraged me” (Wakatsuki Houston 45). Papa does not like that Jeanne is going to a school where a different religion is taught. Papa wants Jeanne to call the odori class instructor and tell them that she will be attending. “Listen to me It’s not too late for her to learn Japanese ways of movement. The Buddhist church in San Jose gives Odori class twice a week. Jeannie I want you to phone the teacher and tell her you are going to start taking lessons. Mama has kimonos you can wear” (Wakatsuki Houston 177). Papa wants Jeanne to be