Chapter 2 Paragraph 6 Analysis

Paragraph 6 contributes to the idea of the treatment and conditions that the Japanese Americans lived under in relocation camps. In the paragraph, it says, "As four or five families with their sparse collections of clothing and possessions squeezed into shared barracks made of tar paper, life took on some familiar routines of socializing and school." This develops the idea that it was very crowded in the barracks where they lived. It also shows that in some ways, life stayed almost the same. The paragraph goes on to say, " However, eating in common facilities and having limited opportunities for work interrupted other social and cultural patterns." This shows that it also changed parts of the Japanese American's lives. It ends with, "Persons