Ineed both questions answered:
the old woman sounds like she is a find a metaphor that is being used.

old woman nature naturally has a bag of bones tucked away somewhere, a whole room full of bones! a scattering of hair and cartilage bits in the woods. a fox scat with hair and a tooth in it. a shell mounds a bone flake in a stream bank. a purring cat, crunching the mouse head first, eating on down toward the tail--the sweet old woman calmly gathering firewood in the moon . . don't be shocked, she's heating you some soup.

The old woman sound like a witch because,"old woman nature has a bag of bones tucked away somewhere,a whole room full of bones!

explanation:

b the manazanar relocation center was located in california. it was used to keep japanise from spying on america.

the reasons for the harsh treatment, is because japan used tourist to take pictures and snapshots of pearl harbor.

many americans were afraid that the japanise would betray them for their mother country. through and means necessary. this means that, the leadership in japan is a lot different than it is here. culture and family ties has much to do with their outlook and worldview.