Jeanne’s first friend when she returns to middle school after internment, a Caucasian girl from Texas. Despite Radine’s lack of cultural sensitivity (she’s initially surprised to see that Jeanne can speak English), the two girls become close because they are both from poor, uneducated families and feel out of place in their affluent school. While Jeanne is a better and more involved student than Radine, she sees that her friend is generally popular and allowed to join clubs like the Girl Scouts, while she is barred from these activities due to her race. As they progress through high school, the gap between what Radine can do and what Jeanne can widens and causes them to drift apart. Their friendship comes to represent the unacknowledged prejudice that dominates Jeanne’s life and education after internment.
Radine Quotes in Farewell to Manzanar
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Chapter 20
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I smiled and sat down, suddenly aware of what being of Japanese ancestry was going to be like. I wouldn’t be faced with physical attack, or with overt shows of hatred. Rather, I would be seen as someone foreign, or as someone other than American, or perhaps not be seen at all.
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Radine Quotes in Farewell to Manzanar
The Farewell to Manzanar quotes below are all either spoken by Radine or refer to Radine. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 20
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I smiled and sat down, suddenly aware of what being of Japanese ancestry was going to be like. I wouldn’t be faced with physical attack, or with overt shows of hatred. Rather, I would be seen as someone foreign, or as someone other than American, or perhaps not be seen at all.
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