Comparing The Journey And The Memory Coat

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In The Journey and in The Memory Coat the pull factors were the same for each of them, they both migrated to the country because of the Safety that the other country had. They also had very similar push factors, in The Journey, the main push factor was war and the danger and in The Memory Coat, the push factor was the Cossacks and the danger that they brought with. However they were different in the forced vs voluntary migration, in The Journey they chose to migrate because they wanted to make sure that they were safe from the war and that they could get away from danger, their Father had died and so they were extra cautious about leaving and being safe. In The Memory Coat, it was a forced migration because the Cossacks were coming for the Jewish and the family in the story were Jews, so they left their country to get away from the Cossacks. …show more content…

Although in The Journey, they also had to face the wall and the guards, that wouldn’t let them in and started to look for them. In The Memory Coat, the other obstacles were when they got to Ellis Island, Grisa scratched his eye and didn’t pass inspections the first time. And They had to sell almost everything they had to buy tickets to complete the long voyage to