People and Places in House on Mango Street and Farewell to Manzanar

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She does not want to end up as a women in the window. Esperanza was molded by her community
In Farewell to Manzanar, Jeanne's environments and communities affect her life too. She moved many times, all influence who she was at the time. After Pearl Harbor, she moved to an all Japanese-American neighborhood. There, her culture adjusted to be more Japanese. Next, she moved to an internment camp. Here, she strives to be normal by taking lessons in dance, Odori, and baton twirling. She also becomes interested in Catholicism. Her next home is Long Beach, where she finds it very hard to be accepted and fit in because of her Japanese background. Her last childhood home is San Jose, where she strives to be popular by becoming extremely "American," and less and less Japanese. She ends up finally being accepted here, but realizes after winning Carnival Queen that she does not have to be just American or just Japanese, but can be both. She can be a Japanese-American. Jeanne's communities ...

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