Read the following sentence from Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family, a memoir by Yoshiko Uchida that desc
ribes life in an internment camp. What is the author’s purpose in writing the narrative? Excerpt from Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family By Yoshiko Uchida Shivering in the cold, we pressed close together trying to shield Mama from the wind. As we stood in what seemed a breadline for the destitute, I felt degraded, humiliated, and overwhelmed with a longing for home. And I saw the unutterable sadness on my mother’s face. A. to inform the reader that her mother was a very frail woman B. to inform the reader about the physical and emotional suffering endured by people in the camp C. to inform the reader of the weather conditions when they arrived D. to inform the reader that they had to stand in a line to get supplies
Answer: B) to inform the reader about the physical and emotional suffering endured by people in the camp.
Explanation: when writing, an author can have different purpose, for example, to entertain, to inform, to criticize, to persuade, etc. In the given excerpt from "Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family" By Yoshiko Uchida, we can see that his purpose is to inform the reader about the physical and emotional suffering endured by people in the camp, by explaining how they felt humiliated, degraded, destitute, and sad.
