Immigration, Hester Street
From the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean, our country is a nation of immigrants. We have heard this in many presidential speeches and are constantly reminded of such. Look about and you will see people, faces that were born in a different place or are descendant of people born elsewhere. From New York to California, our country illustrates, with every human encounter, a nation of diversity, blend, and economic expansion. The strength of character this county has, in which tall skyscrapers were constructed, was build with the hands and manual labor that can trace to heritage miles across oceans. We are a country that has reached successes with a diversity of a nation who exemplified the American Dream.The late nineteenth century and early twentieth century were incredibly significant with regard to immigration in our American history. This precise time in our history is distinguished by one of the prevalent sources of immigrants, in any era, where the majority arrived from countries Southern and Eastern Europe (Italy, Poland, Russia, and the Balkans). The families and individuals that arrived at our ports, principally Ellis Island, were predominantly a peasant people. They were refugees fleeing political and religious persec
The environment in which immigrants meet at Ellis Island was evidently represented in the scene wherein Jack's (Steven Keats) wife, Gitl (Carol Kane) unwearyingly awaits his arrival with their son Joey (Paul Freedman). The director, with some limitations due to a small budget, encompassed a belief and emotion that countless immigrates experienced. It is at this point in our history of immigration that a momentous growth in our sociality and technology truly flourished. The development of steamships and ocean-going trade influenced immigration and new life in our country from the Eastern and Pacific seaboard. It becomes prevalent that without the significant influx of foreigners, the crowded history Ellis Island holds, and the many faces visit daily in this country, the concept of economic success and social diversity would not exist. We are a country that feeds off new and innovative ideas. We are a country that spurns wealth and forward think to leap into generations and millenniums. It's a movement of financial, industrial, and varies elements that propel a country build by slaves, children, and woman into heights only dreamed and envious by others. Sure, slavery and exploitation of minors is nothing to be proud of.
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Approximate Word count = 829
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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