Farewell to Manzanar

How do you think papa’s pride affected his ability to succeed in America ? (Farewell to Manzanar chapters 6-8) help need answer ASAP

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The narrator’s father lived outside his homeland of Japan and inside the borders of the U.S. for nearly four decades at the time Pearl Harbor was attacked. He had already suffered discrimination due to the Alien Land Law and despite being treated like a second-class immigrant tourist to the country, he still continued to believe in and pursue the American Dream of making a living to provide for his family and reap the benefits of freedom and a society where the potential for success was not pre-determined as a result of birth into a specific class. Although not directly confronting this as an issue, the inherent unfairness and rigged game that brings immigrants to America in the first place simmers very quietly beneath the surface. Papa has no choice but to swollow any pride he has during the narrative.