Things I learned from what i have learned so far from the book Looking Like The Enemy. I learned that these camps have horrible temperature conditions, in the day it is extremely hot, it in can be in the 100's, and at night its extremely cold, the worst part is they don't have heating or air conditioning. another thing about the camp is at random times in the day they get hit with sand storms, during those all the internees have to hold their breath and cover their face with their hands and the sand would gets in their barracks. speaking of their barracks, they were horrible, each family had a space in the barrack called an "apartment" but there were like 10 of those in a small barrack and there was barely anything between the " apartments" so you could here everything from other "apartments".
So to describe some of the characters lives in my book I will start will Mary, before the internment camps she had a very happy life she fit, she had friends, and lots of time with her family. Her family had a good income, they owned a farmed, it was a good community with traditions and loving friendships, but after they were were put in internment camps Mary was depressed, she missed her old life, she didn't want to be their, she couldn't find the best in what happened, she hated nearly everything there. In terms of the rest of Mary's family, they didn't like it but they were all coping better, they were not as depressed and as sad as Mary. My reaction/reflection from what I have read: I think the fact that the government had the power to relocate this many people is kind of bogus, I don't think that should be allowed. what is happening in the book reminds me of whats happening right now with trump and the Muslim ban. In both instances its the government discriminating against a group of people and keeping them away from their homes or potential homes. Its just not fair in both instances. also in the camps the conditions are horrible and if they are going to take people a way from their home they should at least give them good living conditions. Questions I have: What was the tipping point that caused Franklin Roosevelt to make the evacuation order? How did the soldiers who guarded the camps feel about this whole thing? How many people tried to escape the camps? Did any of them die trying? Did Japan know what was happening in America? What did they think of it. What percentage of the US population were opposed to the evacuation"?
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