Farewell to Manzanar

How does the scene when Jeanne prays for apricots help develop reveal her internal conflict ? Page 125-132

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In the scene where Jeanne prays for apricots, we come to see the inter conflict she faces regarding her faith. According to Jeanne, she waited for those apricots, and her faith in God and the church slipped several notches.

I asked God for some dried apricots. I wrote this on a piece of paper, dropped it into the prayer box, and began to fantasize about how they would arrive, in a package from Sears, Roebuck. I knew how they would taste, and feel in my hands. I said my rosary, thirty times a day, for nine days, and for nine more days after that I waited. The dried apricots never came. My faith in God and in the Catholic church slipped several notches at that time.

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Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki. Farewell to Manzanar (p. 130). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Kindle Edition.