...individual, and of the world? Peter Skrzynecki’s Immigrant Chronicle, Gail Tsukiyama’s Night of Many Dreams and the website www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au broaden the understanding of individuals and of the world through exploring the notion of time, experience and change in differing perspectives. This is evident through the way language techniques and visual features are manipulated to create meanings. The presentation of time as a fundamental component of a physical journey has greatly extended the perception of individuals and the world. In Immigrants at Central Station, 1951, time predetermines an individual’s fate and future. “While time ran ahead along glistening tracks of steel” supports this idea. “Tracks of steel” is a metaphor for the journey that the immigrants are about to undertake. Time is personified and because it is ahead of the immigrants, they have no control over their future journey, and are forced to follow the tracks. In Crossing the Red Sea, Skrzynecki uses different time periods of the day to contrast the monotonous reality of the immigrants’ dreams. “The day break took away the magic of dreams” depicts this idea through different language techniques. “The magic of dreams” implies their wonderful hopes which appear in their unreal visions at night. “Daybreak” is a metonymy for reality and it is personified to create an imagery of the immigrants’ dreams being snatched away by veracity and daylight. In the genuine world, they have to deal with...
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...The United States was often seen as a divide due to the civil war. However many immigrants came to the U.S with the hope of new opportunities and a new start at life. Therefore the ‘promise of america’ brought many people to the united states of america. Many may ask what kind of effect the the phrase ‘the land of opportunity had on the people that were not at the time living the life of those in the ‘land of opportunity’. Many people around the world were lured in my necessity and search of something new and better. Since the start of the united states many leaders argued about the topic of immigrants. Many had opinions on whether they should be monitored to a certain level or if they should go through a much rigorous course in order to...
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...November 11, 2014 Outline The Age of Emigration Paragraph 1 * Much immigrants come from to the New World when The Age of immigrants started. - When -------> 1830-1930 - Explosive emigration O.W -------> N.W - In 1890 : 15% of US population are immigrant. - The 1st 60 years almost all immigrants from -----> NorthWestern &Europe to US - A few from Asia - African as slaves Paragraph 2 *The immigrant's distribution in America. - Immigrants went -----> US and Canada. - South.A received immigrants –----> Argentina, Brazil - Argentina –---> Spain and Italy (6.5M) - Brazil (4.5) –-----> Portugal, Italy and Germany Paragraph 3 *factor influenced on Immigrant making decisions to leave. - Sociology and economists factors –--say--> (Push & Pull) - Push and Pull factors - Economic hardship Paragraph 4 *The Old World (OW) ------> push factor were involved. - In 19th century all type of workers affected - Industrial transition - Farm workers unemployed - The potato harvest caused starvation and deaths. - Decrease of wages, a few money to live. Paragraph 5 *The New World (NW) ------> pull factors. - Lands inexpensive. - Large and growing demand for non-farm labor. - Recruitment from Europe –--> America - Less time traveling - Political stability. - Immigration wave that peak between 1990 and World War I Paragraph 6 *There is the circumstances that led a develop a strong demand for...
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...Riley Goff Professor Reed HIST 1302 10 February 2015 “The New Colossus” Response Lazarus’s poem is important because it explains what immigrants faced when they came to the new world. The poem helps explain the feelings that immigrants may have had about leaving where they came from, compared to America. As well as, what they initially saw and felt as they arrived in America. The first line of the poem “Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame”(Lazarus 1) shows a difference between the Colossus of Rhodes and the Statue of Liberty. The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue that is debated between welcoming people to the trading harbor, or separates the island keeping invaders from entering the Greek island of Rhodes. Where as, the Statue of Liberty...
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...Bilateral aid is help between two countries. Aid-tying that under bilateral aid is that at least 70%of aid has to be spent in the donor country. In the USA this is called: buy American program. For example, America gives aid to Mexico. Multilateral aid refers to aid given by the international financial institution such as the World Bank and international monetary fund. In 1980, aid-tying under multilateral is called IMF structural adjustment program or IMF conditionality also called Washington consensus. From 1993, this is called Poverty Alleviation and Growth promotion. Teresa Hayter’s idea is third world countries should not ask for aid and don't be exploited by the west. Aid is a smooth face of imperialism. *Introduce anti-inflationary policies such as government spending and bank lending. Government spending like education that is free such as Kenya had free university education, in 1990,the WB told Kenya to charge the education, subsidies had to be removed, education become elitist which means only rich could afford, sexist which means only males go to school. Healthcare the government hospital is no longer free, the poor and women are suffer. Railways, airlines, water and electricity should be privatized. Also invite foreign companies or corporations to buy and manage railways, airlines efficiency. Government hire too much people, WB suggest to fire people and let them retired even when people are 40 years old. Reduce bank credit like commercial banks are asked to reduce...
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...is also The State legislation that stands for the law in the single states, things there can be different from state to state as taxes. In this text we will mostly work with the state Arizona, where the governor signs the Immigration law. ” Immigration - local impact of Arizona law” summary In TV-program about “the Arizona Immigration law”, are about the state Arizona and a new immigration law. The new law makes it possible for Arizona’ police department to check every person they suspect as illegal immigrants. They can hold them at the station, to the suspects background where discovered. Neighborhood state California, see the opportunities in the law because of the many immigrants in California. “President Obama on fixing the broken Immigration system” summery The American President Barack Obama talks about the immigration system. He said every American have an immigrant inside and America was created on these immigrants creativity. This hard work and creativity made America in front of all countries. In Arizona the government did it on their own way. While Obama may well understand the motives of the new legislation, he believes that it is wrong. The law is impossible to comply with the local police, and it can easily lead to racist...
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...The world economy has been rapidly fluctuating due to the advancements amongst countries. One of the most heavily debated topics in the ever-growing world is about globalization. One of the terms of globalization is being described as heading towards into a more cooperative world economy whereby it changes the worldwide correspondence which compromises the social lifestyle of the developmental civilization. It is a form of a connection between occupations and also in creating the goods and services as you can read more details in the Inequality’s website (UC Atlas of Global Inequality, 2013). Christian (2013) explained although there are some backlashes between the nations due to the disproportions in the world but it is proven that it has benefited the people economically. The three chosen article is being depicted due to an overwhelming relation as to a topic of a boost towards the economic globalization. All three articles are mainly about how immigrants have helped to improve the country’s job-growth, a hike in price in the housing industry, and to stabilize the country’s recession. Although all three articles came from different stories but the points that’s being made in all these articles are somewhat similar. First article is about the New Jersey’s rise of economy based on immigrants’ reformation as based on a blog written by Ali and Peter (2013). It has shown that having legal immigrants in New Jersey has helped to outweigh the economic downturn being faced in state...
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...In the past decade mass immigration has increased drastically around the world(Beath). Many countries have different methods on how to accept immigrants and how to keep immigrants out. America, China, North Korea and many other countries around the world have closed borders against other countries. Their borders do have some errors that let immigrants enter the country illegally. The European Union has an open border within its countries, which is the main reason for extensive immigrants(Lynch). Many Countries have been attempting and struggling to strengthen their borders from neighboring countries. America has been struggling with immigration for a long time. Many undocumented immigrants in America are from Mexico or other countries in South America(Chavez). Immigrants go through tough life choices with leaving their family and selling their belongings to pay smugglers(El Paso Times).When refugees get to America they...
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...one of the leading countries to accept immigrants from all over the world. The United States government has had many opinions on this subject. Although controversial, immigration has shown to be beneficial to both the immigrant and the country. There are many laws that have been passed concerning United States immigration. One law of many concerning immigration is the Immigration Act of 1891, which creates the Bureau of Immigration...The act also calls for the deportation of people who entered the country illegally, and denies entry for polygamous, the mentally...
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...(They were later united by the common language: German.) Some immigrants came to America for religious freedom. In 1830, the Prussian Government forced the Lutheran and Reformed to amalgamate (they were two Protestant churches) and this merging upset some people. However most came for political freedom as well as having the chance to earn more money . The immigrant’s journey to America was an arduous one. They travelled on boats, and the first class and second class ticket was highly expensive. A large majority of the immigrants had to travel on the lower level of the boat which was designated for cargo . It was clustered with people, and often there were rodents as well. There was no wash room, clean water or a lavatory so catching a...
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...development their culture and economy. 2. The most important problem is that how can we strengthen our national community if we grow more diverse. Every immigrant has their duty to study, work and contribute to America. Drawing Strength from Immigrants. 1. There are lots of immigrants in America, and they have to study a lot of different things in order to fit in America society. 2. Some Americas saw that the immigrants with suspicion, violence and discrimination, so they forced to take the literacy tests to keep them out of America. 3. With the times goes by, there are less races than other in a century. Immigrants Are Good for America. 1. New immigrants are good for America because they developed the new economy. 2. Some examples to confirm that the immigrants study in America and get their job, so they made a great contribution for America. The Spirit that Built America. 1. The immigrants’ spirit drove America to succeed because they have the same humanity with America. 2. Some Americans were afraid that their hometown becomes a foreign land, but it’s wrong, because every immigrant have their own rights to live I this society and they also have to follow the rules. 3. Majority of immigrants are here legally. Sharing the Country. 1. The most important part is that the new immigrants can benefit the nation in some ways. 2. If we live in one place, we should treat others like a family although we have different color of skin. Everyone...
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...All Over the World Ever since the discovery of America many centuries ago, the country has continued to attract millions of immigrants from all over the world. Some of the common reasons that have led to increased numbers of immigrants into the country are things such as plentiful job opportunities, cases of overpopulations in other countries, search for religious and political asylum, and the advertisement for free land. However, some of the main reasons behind the immigrations include, but are not limited to, education, economic, social security, and cultural aspects. Using the above four reasons as the main points, this paper helps to explain why USA has remained a major attraction for immigrants from allover the world. As a matter of fact, USA offers a lot in terms of education compared to what other countries in the world are able to provide for their citizens (Rumbaut, 1994). The country is home to some of the best universities and colleges in the world, and for that reason, has continued to attract students from all parts of the world. Some of the famous institutions of higher education in the country will include universities such as California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, University of California, New York University, University of Michigan, Yale University, and the University of Chicago. Most of these institutions have constantly featured in the World University Rankings, thus amassing too much recognition from across the world. More importantly...
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...AIA103 Australia New World Nation 3. Since the late 1940s, Australia has been transformed from a monocultural ‘British’ society to become one of the most racially and culturally diverse nations in the world. How would you explain this? Today, Australia is considered as one of the most successful nations in building a tolerant, inclusive, and culturally diverse society. Many people are willing to live in this land. However, the pace to this successful society is very tough. For the first 50 years of federation Australia, this country was a monocultural ‘British’ society. Most migrants came from Britain. Since the late 1940s, more people from different countries immigrate to Australia. Most of them are European migrants after World War II. This phenomenon triggered defensive reactions by the previous dominant of Anglo-Australians (Nichols, 2011). The dominant wanted to assimilate the immigrants at the first stage, but some conflicts occurred during this process. Then, the immigration policy has been changed from assimilationsm to multiculturalism. After the start of federation of Australia in 1901, the government utilized White Australia Policy to all Australians, preventing anyone to enter Australia unless they were from Britain and trying to make this country into an English-speaking, Anglo-Australian cultural one. At that time, English is the first language being spoken by above 95 per cent people in Australia (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2002). Britain...
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...affiliation: Submission date: America is informally termed as a "nation of immigrants" because of the widely open-door policy based on accepting foreigners chasing the vision of the so called American Dream. Legal and illegal immigration is a situation that not only exists in the U.S., but all over the world. Illegal immigration is defined as the relocation of individuals into a state in infringement of the immigration sovereignty and laws of a particular nation (Garni, 2010). Illegal immigration also involves entering a foreign country legally but refusing to depart after one’s visa expiry. It involves trespassing international political boundaries through land, air, and water unlawfully. Most illegal immigrants in the U.S. enter the country using two popular ways. First, through the U.S Mexico border and the other is by over staying their visas. A large percentage of illegal immigrants in the U.S are from Mexico, Canada, Africa and Europe. The impact of immigration is mostly felt in states where great numbers of immigrants have resided. Examples of these states include California and New Jersey. This has become a key concern to the U.S. government and its citizens. The genesis of illegal immigration dates back to the late 19th century. In 1875, a national law was approved which barred entry of prostitutes and convicts. In 1882 President Chester A. Arthur barred approximately all Chinese immigrants to the United States, and later thereafter disqualified criminals and paupers...
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...Spé Anglais Texte 1: On the threshold of a new world This document is an excerpt from the novel Ellis Island and other stories written by Mark Helprin in 1976. The extract is entitled « On the threshold of a new world », the scene takes place in Ellis Island, which is a small island in the NYC harbor. It’s an immigration station where immigrants came from all over Europe to get their American dream, which means freedom and equality. The narrator comes from Eastern Europe and he describes his arrival in Ellis Island, which consists in a very precise medical examination. . The medical examination (l.1 to 21) -The immigrant is surprised, he asks the officer “why” (l.8) but then he has to obey to him; he’s at his mercy, the officer can decide of his future and he could ship the immigrant back to Europe -The narrator is young and a bachelor; he’s well educated (l.29); he might be a Jew from Eastern Europe since he speaks Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian… -Must have emigrated for: political and religious reasons; persecuted for his beliefs; denied the right to vote; wanted to have a good job and a good life. -He hoped he could sell his books, find prosperity, have more freedom, better standard of living, better future, no social boundaries to climb up the social ladder. . The questioning examination: a suspicious immigrant (l.22 to 41) -The young woman is very wary about the narrator: “suspicious”, “sharply”, “disgust”, “commanded”, “shouted”, “cold eyes”. -He might...
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