"Farewell to Manzanar" An essay on the book Farewell to Manzanar.

Jeanne was 7 years old when Pearl Harbor was bombed, her father was arrested, and her mother and 9 brothers and sisters were sent to live at an internment camp. Farewell to Manzanar, by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston, was published in 1973 portraying a Japanese American experience during and after World War II. Manzanar is where Jeanne's and her Papa's life lines intersected, and where her life began, yet it was where her Papa's ended. …

…point at which Jeanne's life began was at Manzanar, and at the same time, it was the point at which Papa's life ended. Their lines in life intersected at Manzanar because lines only intersect once, straight by definition, they cannot curve back and intersect the same line a second time. Manzanar was the point at which both their lives changed significantly. Reference: Houston, Jeanne and James. Farewell to Manzanar. New York, New York: Dell Laurel-Leaf (1973)