Farewell to Manzanar Chapters 6-9

Chapter 6

Whatever He Did Had Flourished


A flashback of Jeanne's father before he was arrested. She remembers the time when the family and friends got all together for some sort of buffet. She remembers her father's two drinking buddies "Goosey and Blackie". Jeanne also refers back to when her mother was younger and how "expensive" she was. "One for every seven or eight Japanese men." Jeanne tells the story of how her father and mother met. Jeanne's mother was promised to marry "the upright son of a well-to-do farmer", but then came along Jeanne's father working in a near by family sold produce market. Mama was seventeen when she met her future husband. Jeanne's grandmother did not approve of it, so they ran away together.


Chapter 7

Fort Lincoln: An Interview


Mr. Wakatsuki is under interrogation. He is being questioned about the "fifty-gallon drums" on the deck of his boat. He answers "chum", "bait, fish guts." He is asked about the attack of Pearl Harbor and the American military. They ask what his opinion is upon war. He replies indifferently, saying he would just rather not have war.


Chapter 8

Inu


Papa is now living in the cubicle with the rest of the family. Jeanne is now eight years old, and she witnesses her parents argue. They argue about Papa's alcoholic addiction and how people around block sixteen spread rumors about him being an alcoholic. Mama tries to comfort him and confront him, he takes it the wrong way and is offended. Mama gets up and orders Papa to kill her, she says its not worth living how they are. Papa is drunk and picks up his cane and proceeds to swing at her, one of the older sons jumps in and hits Papa in the face causing his nose to bleed. Kiyo, the son, runs out until the uproar has settled down. He returns and apologizes to his father and asks for forgiveness. Papa accepts his apology.


Chapter 9

The Mess Hall Bells


Jeanne describes how some of the people in Manzanar camp refuse to live their lives in containment. They begin to rebel, putting up a strike. Police are armed with M-1's and did not hesitate to fight back. Ten people were sent to the hospital to be treated, injured by fired shots. A teenage boy dies five hours later. The rest of the people who were involved in the strike were forced back into Manzanar confinement.