Japanese Internment- Descriptive Writing

Emily Belding

MComm 100w M/W 1:30-2:45

Japanese Internment

Word Count: 176


Vignette #1: Armed guards were posted all around the camp. The camp was surrounded with old, rickety barbwire. The Japanese were forced to live in bleak, remote areas that were desolate from populations. A burly, armed, rickety guard stands over a weathered man who is forced to throw away his belongings into the blazing fire. As he is reluctantly throwing away his possessions, on his tired knees- his young daughter is pulling on him with all her strength as her father throws her doll into the blaze. A look of fear, despair and sorrow is shown on their faces as the guard watches without sympathy.

Vignette #2: Beneath the old tattered barb wire fencing sits a young girl around the age of seven. She has on clothing that is dirty and looks to not have bathed in a while. She is sitting cross-legged holding onto something that is meaningful to her. The desolate camp life is her living- as armed guards with guns are within sight of this young, innocent soul. Around her is exhausted hardworking mother caring for her sibling.