Read the following sentence from desert exile: the uprooting of a japanese-american family, a memoir by yoshiko uchida that describes 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. to inform the reader of the weather conditions when they arrived to inform the reader about the physical and emotional suffering endured by people in the camp to inform the reader that they had to stand in a line to get supplies to inform the reader that her mother was a very frail woman