We have an extremely broad variety of race and culture that we all accept as equals. However, because of the occurrences on Ellis Island during the Great Migration, countless numbers of family members got “caught in the shuffle” so to speak. Several immigrants did not even make the journey over due to disease and lack of supplies on the ships which ultimately led to death. The lucky ones that did endure the diseases were then examined by a medical staff and were then sent back to their home countries. Once a person arrives by boat, goes through the medical examination, they are still not home free yet.
Attitude, Racism and Culture Essay (Gran Torino) Different cultures and attitudes are seen throughout the movie Gran Torino. The movie starts with Walt Kowalski wife’s death. She was a devoted Christian and he went to church because he loved her. When she died all the changed memories of the war in Korea came back to him and because of this he is racist to his next door neighbours which are Hmong. A young Hmong teenager Tao tries to steal Kowalski Gran Torino and Walt is given the task to reform him after he has become friends with Tao’s family; he even died for them.
This related to the Lorax because the citizens of Thneedville are like a big happy family, they rely on each other to function. They are all always happy; it might even make it seem too perfect for it too be real. An example of functionalism is Mr. O’Hare. Mr. O’Hare owns a company called O’Hair Inc which sells bottled air to the community of Thneedville because of the lack of Oxygen when Once-ler cut down all the truffala trees. He is furious when he finds out that Ted wants to grow real trees because no one will need to buy his bottled air anymore.
The first comment/question that I had on the book 90 Miles to Havana was directed toward Enrique Flores-Galbis. The question that I had was did you ever have to go through a similar experience that Julian and his two brothers went through? I can’t even begin to imagine a scenario where my parents send me to a completely different country. I feel that it would be very difficult to adapt to a different countries customs especially when having to take care of other people around you. In todays society there are many bullies and there have been for an extremely long time.
Chavez 1 Jaheidy Chavez Mr. Ortiz English / Period 4 November 3, 2011 IMMIGRATION AND DEPORTATION Many families have been separated and torn apart; a lot of kids are left behind in the U.S because of this matter. Immigration has become a real issue and needs to get fixed. Throughout the years immigration has caused a lot of problems. “Two years after an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws failed in congress, Latino leaders have revitalized the effort-positioning children who were left behind when their parents were deported as the new face of movement”. (www.articles.latimes.com) This is a very upsetting cause.
The Horrors of a Slave ship Nigerian kidnappers were the cause of many children missing as their parents left them home alone during the day to work in the fields. Kidnappers often took advantage of this time to take kids against their will and sell them to slave traders, thus becoming a slave at a very young age. Occasionally they would be caught in the act and dealt with however the grownups chose to do but not in Olaudah’s case. One day Olaudah Equiano, merely 11 years old, was left home alone with his younger sister while his parents were off at work and a group of people broke into their home with means of kidnapping them. The kidnappers succeeded in their plans and ran off into the woods with Olaudah and his sister leaving no trace for their parents to find them.
Pedro Pan had its origins in the December 1960 visit to Miami by James Baker, headmaster of the Ruston Academy in Havana to try to secure funds and visas for about 200 children. The children were placed with friends, relatives and group homes in 35 states. This made it difficult finding places and fosters for the children. But many in the Cuban exile community in Miami disagree that the program was unwarranted, believing Operation Peter Pan was necessary to remove the children from Castro’s totalitarian state and give them lives of freedom. They argue that the children were political refugees who deserved refuge here.
Fidel was sentenced to fifteen years in prison, but was later set free because someone did a favor for his dad. After a little while of being able to escape from Cuba but unfortunately Fidel was the only one who become free. Even though they know that there could be a chance of getting caught or dying there willing to do whatever they have to do to get freedom. This reminds me of one of the documentary I watch about the musicians who didn’t leave Cuba because they feared they would get caught. While watching the documentary “Buena Vista Social Club” you notice a lot of things about these musicians who want to leave Cuba but never do.
He crossed the border, wife in hand To a place believed the Promised Land His home before of dismal hope No jobs, no money; he could not cope Across the sand in this new land Where life abounds and all is grand Free Medicine for his family Made for the cause humanity Men gave their lives unselfishly So this new country would be free A place where paying jobs abound If willingly he’ll but work the ground. The residents choose not to toil And place their fingers in the soil So if he takes a lesser pay, American jobs he’ll take away A Refugee from stress and strife He comes here with hopes of better life This country’s people don't complain They let his ancestors remain. Documents made for a fee Pass immigration’s
In the memoir, The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore, two kids with the same name grow up in the same city of Baltimore, under similar conditions and in many ways, had similar lives, but their lives go in very different directions and end up in very different places. The influence of family and poverty seem to be the factor that sends each in the other direction. The author’s father dies when he was young, while the other Wes Moore’s father was just not around. The author’s mother sent him to military school, which significantly changed his life, while the other Wes Moore’s mother seemed to have no control of her son. A caring family, a loving environment and clear direction, as military school provides, and the ways different people deal with poverty, can easily be the factors that made Wes Moore the author pursue a positive lifestyle while his counterpart ended up in prison for life.