Farewell to ManzanarJeanne Wakatsuki Houston &
James Houston
77thth Grade Language Arts Grade Language Arts
Chapters 1-3 (pp. 2-20)• Issei: Japanese immigrants to the U.S.• Nisei: children of Japanese immigrants
born in the United States• Sansei: 3rd generation of Japanese
ancestry born during or after World War II
• internment (11): the act of confining someone into a prison or camp
• cubicle (17): a small space or compartment within a larger room
Chapters 1-3 (pp. 2-20)
• canneries (3): factories where foods are canned• saboteur (5): a person who tries to purposely
cause destruction or problems• migrant (8): a person who moves from place
to place to get work• patriarch (11): the male leader of a family• hostility (12): unfriendliness or opposition
against a person or group
Chapters 4-6 (pp.21-45)
• tangible (29): able to be touched• reservoir (29): an area used to collect and
store large amounts of water• astounded (31): amazed• firebreaks (33): a strip of land cleared to
prevent the spread of a fire• flourish (36): dramatic words or actions
Chapters 4-6 (pp. 21-45)
• desolate (25): barren; without life• barracks (27): a group of building for
housing large groups of soldiers/people
• shrine (32): a place or building considered holy
• industrial (37): having the ability to mass-produce items in a factory
• magistrate (37): a judge
Chapters 7-11 (pp. 46-70)
• inu (51): an insult meaning “dog”• deliberately (51): done on purpose• lynch mob (57): a group of people who want
to physically kill (hang) a person without a trial
• renounce (57): to give back or give up• repatriation (67): to send a person back to
his/her own country
Chapters 7-11 (pp. 46-70)
• informers (51): people who give information to authorities; by some called “snitches”
• ghastly (54): shockingly frightful or dreadful
• festered (56): spread like a disease; infected• black market (56): selling items in an illegal way• samisen (69): a Japanese three-stringed
guitar-like instrument
Chapters 12-14 (pp. 73-93)
• Manzanar (73): apple orchard (Span.)• despair (77): the loss of hope• stark (79): harsh; desolate• coax (85): to persuade• martyr (87): a person who would die
rather than give up his/her beliefs
Chapters 12-14 (pp. 73-93)
• resentment (76): feeling insulted or angry because of an action or remark of another
• sustenance (75): anything that helps sustain life• oriental (77): Asian (or eastern)• Obon (84): Japanese festival honoring
dead ancestors• relentless (90): not giving up; not ending
Chapters 15-17 (pp.94-109)• concealed (96): hidden• curfew (97): a set, enforced time when
people are to be indoors at home
• bias (97): favoring one group or idea over another; prejudice
• propaganda (98): information or ideas presented in order to help
or harm the reputation of another group or country
• ominous (99): threatening; the sense thatsomething bad will happen
Chapters 15-17 (pp.94-109)• Tule Lake (95): one of the other nine (“too-
lee”) internment camps where the potential “trouble-makers” were sent
• taut (103): tightly pulled or stretched• assimilate (99): to take on the customs of
others• cringe (100): to shrink or draw back in fear• Quonset hut (105): a semi-circular shaped, metal
building used as army barracks or for storage
Chapters 18-20 (pp. 110-130)
• bleak (118): cold, piercing, depressing• benevolent (122): kind; desiring to help others• guileless (123): honest; sincere• intangible (126): unable to be touched• aristocrat (130): a noble; a person who is
considered the most elegant or stylish
Chapters 18-20 (pp. 110-130)
• buoyed (114): floated; kept afloat• Okie (117): a person from Oklahoma
who migrated to another state looking for work
• indefinitely (117): without knowing the ending time
• yearned (123): strongly desired• acquiescence (123): a lack of objecting or
disagreement; to give in to
Chapters 21-22 (pp. 131-156)• assented (132): agreed or concurred• malice (133): the desire to harm or cause
suffering to others• ultimatum (138): a demand or threat that, if
ignored, will result in the cutting off of relations or
use of force• pilgrimage (151): a journey made to a special
place for a spiritual reason• deterred (156): prevented; stopped
Chapters 21-22 (pp. 131-156)
• thwart (133): to prevent from accomplishing a goal
• coronation (138): the ceremony of crowning of a person
• defiance (152): a bold resistance to authority• laden (155): loaded down; burdened• coma (156): a long time when a person
is unconscious
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