“The barracks were built of one thickness of pine planking covered with tarpaper. Gaps showed between the planks, and as the weeks passed and the green wood dried out, the gaps in the wood widened. Knothole gaped in the uncovered floor.” -pg. 20 and 21. The homes weren’t the only things that were humiliating. In order to use the latrine, people would go at night to avoid going during the day. The people were very modest and this was agony for them, sitting down in public, with strangers, and no stall between them. However, it is understandable that the U.S. was at war with Japan, so why give the people who they are at war with better living conditions than they already gave them? Well, these Orientals were loyal citizens of the United
“The barracks were built of one thickness of pine planking covered with tarpaper. Gaps showed between the planks, and as the weeks passed and the green wood dried out, the gaps in the wood widened. Knothole gaped in the uncovered floor.” -pg. 20 and 21. The homes weren’t the only things that were humiliating. In order to use the latrine, people would go at night to avoid going during the day. The people were very modest and this was agony for them, sitting down in public, with strangers, and no stall between them. However, it is understandable that the U.S. was at war with Japan, so why give the people who they are at war with better living conditions than they already gave them? Well, these Orientals were loyal citizens of the United