Farewell to Manzanar Literary Elements

Farewell to Manzanar Literary Elements

Genre

Memoir

Setting and Context

Set in 1973 and written in the context of Jeanne's life history

Narrator and Point of View

First-person narrative

Tone and Mood

Horrific, tense, distressing, and pessimistic

Protagonist and Antagonist

The protagonist is Jeanne.

Major Conflict

There is a conflict between Jeanne’s expectations and the Japanese culture that she is expected to learn.

Climax

The climax is when Papa rejoins the family in the camp.

Foreshadowing

The tribulations Jeanne and her family go through are foreshadowed by the war that forces Japanese Americans to be taken into camps.

Understatement

The negative impacts of war are understated.

Allusions

The story alludes to the devastating effects people go through during the war.

Imagery

The camp where Jeanne and her mother are taken is described using sight imagery. For instance, the camp was hurriedly built and could not host a huge influx of people. Similarly, the camp does not have adequate resources.

Paradox

The dramatic irony is when Papa rejoins the family, but he is alcoholic and distressed.

Parallelism

N/A

Metonymy and Synecdoche

The camp is used as a metonymy for unsafe haven.

Personification

N/A

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