Impacting society is not the easiest thing to do. But language inspires, informs, and persuades individuals to impact society. Writing is a very popular type of how language is interpreted. I have read many books and most inspired, informed, and persuaded me to see the world in a different perspective. When I read Farewell to Manazanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki, it made me see the world in a whole different perspective. Jeanne Wakatsuki tells her life story in this book including all of her hardships like moving and being put basically in a prison camp for years because of social injustices and because of her race. This made me think the America was and is not so perfect after all. With slavery, social injustices, and prejudices America's past