Tule Lake Letter Analysis

I take the letter in my hand and slowly rip open the paper. The letter is from Bill Clinton, the president of the U.S. My eyes scan the letter . It explains how deeply sorry all Americans are for what they did to us. This reminds me of the journals I kept, dating back to a few months before I had to leave for Tule Lake . I wrote about how my rights were violated, how the government caved in by not upholding the responsibility of sustaining them. I wrote about how the government needed to lock us away because they were afraid. The whole United States was afraid, and many people were angry. I walk up to the attic and grab the box from the top shelf. It contains my journals written while I was in the camps. I sit down and grab the first book, the binding worn and rewrapped, and start to read.
March 11, 1941 Today, at the store, these two cashiers were talking about something quite strange… President Roosevelt signed a Lend-Lease Act into law. I guess it allows American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies…so if we wanted to send things to our Allies, we could, as long as we made it in the U.S. I asked my father about it later, and that’s what he told me. On a different note, my birthday is today! Ellen and …show more content…
The only thing I see for miles is barrack-like buildings and dust. As I put my stuff away, another family walked in. the older lady yelled at us to get out. I stepped up and said “no ma’am, we are block 3, barrack 2, same as you,” because I was the only person who understood that we would have to share rooms. Our room has seven people, and is very dirty. We sleep on cots and have a stove in the middle of the room, which is made of wood and tarpaper. I want to go outside, but because it is dark the search lights would follow me…even to the bathroom. If they don’t, I could easily be shot by one of the guards in the guard towers that surround the barbed-wire fence. I think I’ll stay cooped up in