Wetback. That’s what the residents of Boiling Springs, North Carolina, called her. They would butcher her last name, scream obscenities at her, and say, “how can an immigrant be successful?” So she studied. And she worked hard. Thirty years later at her high school reunion, Rosa Cuenca got to tell her former classmates, the majority of them employees of McDonald’s, that this “wetback” is now a successful surgical oncologist. No matter where someone is born or where they are brought up, horizons can be expanded and even broken, and people can rise above the nature of their environment. As an immigrant, life is difficult, especially where prejudice is abound. What’s harder: going at it alone. At 19 years old. And an orphan. At 12 years old, treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton was left alone after his mother passed away and the cousin that housed him committed suicide. He worked as a clerk on the island of St. Croix, doing what he could to survive and studying so hard that no page on the island was left unturned. Finally, his efforts were rewarded; he came to America, became a general in the fight for America’s independence, and …show more content…
Scout finds herself torn between the opinions of the residents of Maycomb County, Alabama, and her own in the American classic, To Kill A Mockingbird. She listens as people call her names, disrespect her father, and gasps for air as she is repressed by the racism of the American south. Her father, a lawyer, defends a black man on trial, even though Maycomb is a highly prejudiced county. She faces many obstacles and even is a victim of violence, all because of the hostility of her environment. However, she stands her ground, sticks up for what is right, and defends her father, Even when the case is lost, she supports and follows her father, rising above the rest