The camps in Farewell to Manzanar and Night?

Question

I have to write an essay on comparing and contrasting the camps in both of the novels. I have many ideas but need a little help. Let me know what you think I should write about. THANKS.

Answer 1

Manzanar- Internment camp; no one got killed. People of Japanese heritage or ancestry were kept there because the United States government branded them as "traitors."

There was no privacy as the latrines were not partitioned. If you had a small family, you would most likely share a barrack with total strangers whom you never met prior to.Despite the barbed wire and the watch towers, Manzanar became like a village. It had hair salons, a post office, a school, a church, Boy Scouts, sock hops, soft ball leagues, and hiking trails.

Night- Auschwitz, which was where Wiesel was transported to, was a death camp. He was sent to Auschwitz because he was Jewish and Hitler wanted get rid of European Jewry. There was no food, and everyone wore striped prison clothes. Their hair was completely shaved off or cut very short and they had a number tattooed on their left arm.

To conclude, you might say that Manzanar was liveable despite lack of privacy and it was hard to survive Auschwitz because of the cold and hunger.