ut also their living quarters, which actually were inadequate barracks. The Japanese had to live in involuntary destitute conditions, which is an awful experience for people who are trying to adapt to American society. When Jeanne Houston wrote, Papas disappearance didnt bother me nearly so much as the world I soon found myself in, it described the severity of the situation the Japanese found themselves in during World War II (Houston 308).Nonetheless, assimilation seems to be a process where one will encounter negative experiences. People have and will continue to emigrate. They will also face assimilation. Although America has not accomplished the assimilation into one race, it consists of people sharing a similar identity. In the words of Richard Rodriguez, We are gathered together-but as individualswe stand together, alone, thus people will assimilate but as individual Americans....
