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    Snow represents destruction‚ unpredictable events‚ as well as the coldness in everyone’s hearts. Lastly‚ the cedar tree indicates love and peace‚ along with untruthfulness. Racism was horrible on San Piedro Island between Caucasians “whites” and Japanese “Japs”. Even if you were born

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    sensitive‚ and rude‚ almost like a child in their teens. From this immature acting alcoholic‚ Ko Wakatsuki becomes more of a lazy and hopeless kind of man by the time the war is over. He’s unemployed‚ even more broken than before‚ turns more to Japanese heritage‚ and more controlling of others. He even tries to talk Woody out of volunteering for the military (101)‚ and tries forcing Jeanne to turn her attention more to studying rather than becoming a baptized nun (115-116). While Papa is living

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    executive order 9066 to protect Americans from any damage like when the Japanese did to pearl harbor. he wanted what was best for the American people and wanted these people to be safe to by moving them to camps to stay there till the war is over. since Roosevelt did pass this order millions of Japanese citizens were forced into camps to protect them and their families and to protect the citizens of America. and if the Japanese did not listen to anything that they said or even try and harm America

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    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

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    looks back to notice Roosevelt to be the president who signed an executive order to condemn‚ and relocate all Japanese Americans living along the West Coast to internment camps. Roosevelt signed the Japanese Americans off to be personally humiliated and in some cases‚ to die. During this time of World War II the Japanese Americans were not protected when they were put into the internment camps‚ and they were left to fight against the racial discrimination that fell upon them that caused all

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    The Joad family is forced to move to California because of the Oklahoma Dust Bowl‚ which has made it impossible for them to earn a livelihood through farming. Drought and depression has made it impossible for farmers to grow a substantial amount to live on. As inflation rises and wages drop‚ a gigantic worker migration heads West in search of Jobs. They have seen notices asking for workers in the western part of the United States‚ and travel thinking that they will find gainful employment

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    What was the role of the POW camps and what treatment was received by the prisoners and what did the prisoners do in the camps? During World War II over 140‚000 prisoners were kept in Japanese’s camps. These camps took away the prisoners clothes‚ food and anything they have been carrying through-out the war. The prisoners who lived in these camps were contained by guards‚ the guards were cruel and abusive mentally and physically. These type of camps were often kept as a secret to the rest of

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    Mantesh Mantesh 10-Minute Home Repairs More Than 200 Fast‚ Effective Fixes You Can Do Yourself JERRI FARRIS Mantesh Text © 2006 by Fair Winds Press First published in the USA in 2006 by Fair Winds Press‚ a member of Quayside Publishing Group 33 Commercial Street Gloucester‚ MA 01930 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized‚ in any form or by any means‚ electronic or mechanical‚ without prior permission in writing from the publisher. 10 09

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    The Japanese Internment camps were a way for our government to make us feel safe during World War 2. The reason as to why they locked up Japanese Americans was because during World War 2‚ Japanese were the enemies and the U.S. predicted that there would be spies in the U.S. that could give away valuable information‚ such as the routine of naval ships. To avoid any type of spies‚ the U.S put anyone of Japanese ancestry into some camps. Some of the public were skeptical about how they were being locked

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    was used towards Canadians of non-British descent who were treated very poorly. Many were sent to internment camps where they had to endure harsh living conditions. Equality was not present at the time. It was nearly 26 years after the end of WWII that a formal Multiculturalism Policy was adopted in 1971. It ensured that all Canadians will have the freedom of belief‚ opinion and religion. It created a more culturally diverse society which has now become the hallmark of Canadian identity. Another

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