ENG 122: 5-2 First Draft of the Critical Analysis Essay In the article “Eat Turkey, Become American,” Marie Myung-Ok Lee uses her family memories of Thanksgiving to share with her readers, with personal details and historical data, her family's migratory trajectory to the United States, and their experience living in a small town in Minnesota. The author also discusses the country's immigration system and how their Korean background affected her parents' process of obtaining citizenship. And how, despite a part of the city's population being racist and xenophobic, a group of people from the community where they lived joined forces to save a doctor from being deported. The article's main claim to illustrate the difficulties of immigration in a family is persuasive because it explores how children perceive a foreign culture, highlights the problems with the immigration system and xenophobia in the nation, and suggests ways the community can work together to help other immigrants who are experiencing a similar situation.
1. My 2 best picks 1a. 1953 Refugee Releif act: I liked this act because America wasn 't afraid or scared about others, they took in 200,000 refugees and saved them from the war torn contrie they lived in. 1b.1980 Refugee act: This act sperated the refugee numbers and the imagration numbers allowing more refugees and imagrants to get the chance to enter the united states to get nationality 2. The
In the small town of Clarkston, there were some people who supported the refugees and there were some who disliked them. Some of the town people were even afraid to talk to the refugees, assuming they were dangerous and bad people. Due to all of these reasons it made very difficult for the people of Clarkston to find a way to get along. The other thing that made difficult to get along was the language barriers. Even the agencies, which were supposed to help the refugees
Vertovec’s theories about super diversity, specifically, space/contact, and transnationalism can be applied to the town of Clarkston and the events showcased in Outcasts United with the struggles of the refugees and the struggles of the original citizens of the town. The problem of space/contact can be solved by looking at settling patterns of immigrants in cities around the country. Transnationalism issues can be solved by by taking into account immigrants’ cultures when making policies.
English Draft: The arrival of asylum seekers’ to Australia from other countries is a controversial issue dividing public opinion. Cartoonist, Pat Campbell, in the cartoon “Global Warming/Refugees Cartoon” from The National Times, shows his point of view on refugees as being a strong issue that can happen anywhere, even in the artic with animals. His point of view shows is that most people in Australia are treating refugees like animals treat each other and it is wrong. The author sees the treatment of the refugees as wrong and that they are being treated wrong and without respect. He also shows his point of view on global warming and how it is a growing issue.
, Jeffery Reitz emphasizes multiculturalism as a vital element to “[the promotion] of the integration of immigrants into mainstream society”, synonymous with “cultural freedom”. In fact, Reitz cites multiculturalism as one of four pillars vital to the successful social integration of immigrants. Today, the current denial of family sponsorship and reunification for Temporary Foreign Workers forces migrants to choose between life
Introduction Informative, contemplative, and different are three words to describe “How Immigrants Become ‘Other’” by Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco and Carola Suárez-Orozco from Rereading America. “How Immigrants Become ‘Other’” talks about unauthorized immigration. More specifically, this source talks about the other side of the issue of unauthorized immigrants; the human face of it all. “How Immigrants Become ‘Other’” depicts the monster from one of Jeffrey Jerome Cohen’s thesis in the article, “Monster Culture (7 Theses).” The monster seen in the source “How Immigrants Become ‘Other’” is the one that Cohen talks about in his fourth thesis, “The Monster Dwells at the Gates of Difference.”
Firoozeh writes about her life as an Iranian immigrant to America. Her family is treated with kindness by neighbors when they come to live in America and get lost on their way home from school: “…the woman and her daughter walked us all the way to our front porch and even helped my mother unlock the unfamiliar door,” (Dumas, 7). Firoozeh and her mother are not discriminated against because they are immigrants who don’t speak English, the Americans help them despite their differences. Had the neighbors not been helpful and patient, Firoozeh’s journey home would have been somewhat traumatic and daunting. While this a rather specific isolated example, it can serve as an analogy for all immigrants’ experience.
A family just arrives in America and is experiencing everything for the first time after hearing only stories of boundless freedom and inexhaustible hope. For citizens of America. Citizens of America tend to have the same mentality, America gives off the illusion of freedom for those who grew up within it’s boundaries. However, looking through the lens of an immigrant it becomes clear just how false this freedom is. As soon as this family steps off the plane they see “Do not cross yellow lines… [and] Beware of solicitors signs” (pg. 5) and hear “Unattended cars are subject to immediate tow-away,” (5) it would be hard for them not to feel dissatisfied.
Immigration into the “land of opportunity” was everything but a smooth, trouble-free journey for those escaping the terror, poverty and political persecution in their crumbling countries. The wave of immigrants was at its peak during the breakouts of economic depressions (Document A). The new flow of immigration doubled the American population, especially in major cities. Chasing after the American Dream, many Europeans were attracted by the employment openings and new chances they could obtain in America. However, despite their life being better than before, these immigrants still faced many obstacles and cultural conflicts trying to fit in and thrive in American culture.
The risks that immigrants take to leave their country, to enter America, and to start a life here, characterizes what it means to be an immigrant in the U.S. Immigrants flee their country to escape the dangers of their day to day lives. The New York Times article “Fleeing Violence in Honduras, a Teenage Boy Seeks Asylum in Brooklyn” tells the story of Alejandro and his younger brother as they try to flee the dangers of Honduras to find a new life in the U.S. Alejandro and his brother both had to live without a mother or father, they also had to live in San Pedro Sula, a highly dangerous city in Honduras. “Twice, gang members forced both boys from the bus, and several times they threatened
The first time I arrived to this nation, I landed at the city of New York, where countless of immigrants, like me, once entered, what was and is known as, the land of opportunity. I’ve come to think that Ellis Island, the gateway to millions of immigrants to the United States, has remained in tact over the years to remind us that this nation was built and made what it is today by immigrants. The hurdles of being new to this nation approached life in different colors, forms and shapes. My English was undoubtedly limited and the few words that I could grasp did not allowed me to even sustain a conversation based on simplistic small talk.
Life Changing Positions Immigration can be a controversial topic that many governments are feuding over today. As politicians argue, the real battle occurs as each individual immigrant determines how they will approach their new country. Immigrants must choose if they will assimilate to the new countries values, languages and traditions or maintain their home country’s customs. In the article, “Two Ways To Belong In America,” the author, Bharati Mukherjee, contrasts her and her sister Mira’s experiences along with millions of other American immigrants as they face betrayal, racism, and hardship.
The United Nations has been faulted for failing to amicably protect the refugees from repatriation. After the meeting that saw UN back Kenya in the move to repatriate refugees, UN has been faulted of failing to protect the rights of the minority group. Zedi Mbadi human rights activist says the UN was the only hope in advocating for staying of the refugees in the country or their extension but they have failed them. “We have sent the refugees to their own grave.
A revolutionary novel, Frankenstein, describes advances and limits in the development of natural sciences while drawing parallels to the ancient Greek myth of Prometheus. Frankenstein follows the plot of creation and punishment evident in the myth of Prometheus, while also using the symbols of light or fire. While Shelly’s Frankenstein is subtitled, The Modern Prometheus, this information doesn’t appear on the cover. In fact, it doesn’t appear until a few pages into the
