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The Immigrant Experience, 2006.
Compares and contrasts the immigrant experiences portrayed in Nino Ricci's "Lives of the Saints' and Mordecai Richler's "Son of a Smaller Hero".
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 64.95
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This essay examines compares and contrasts the representations of the immigration experience in Nino Ricci's" Lives of the Saints" and Mordecai Richler's "Son of a Smaller Hero". The essay argues that the immigration experience is complex, yet as the texts show, different immigrants also have many things in common. Immigrants always find themselves between two worlds the one they left and the new one they came to, never quite able to fully leave the first one behind or fully inhabit the second.
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The Immigrant Experience, 2002.
A look at the immigrant experience and how it involves many diverging cultural traditions.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 142.95
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This essay examines the topic of the immigrant experience and how it clearly involves divergent social, cultural, and family values in different cultures. When we look at books from different cultural traditions, and when we compare their different approaches, we see that the topic of immigration is often treated very much the same along certain themes. This is especially true in light of the differing cultural values.
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The Immigrant Experience in Amy Tan's Novels, 2000.
How Amy Tan explores the immigration experience as portrayed in her novel "Joy Luck Club" and short story "Two Kinds".
1,430 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 6 sources, AU$ 69.95
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This paper takes a look at how Amy Tan's stories and novels have shaped the American view of the experience of Asian-American immigrants. The paper looks at the contrasts that Amy Tan had to face, especially in terms of the clash with her mother's culture, and the confrontation of the experiences of Asian immigrants in American history.
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"A look at how Tan's stories and novels have shaped the American view of the experience of Asian-American immigrants. Looks at the contrasts the Amy Tan had to face, especially in terms of culture clash with her mother's culture, and Tan's confrontation of the experiences of Asian immigrants in American history."
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Immigrant Experience in America, 2007.
An analysis of the experiences of immigrant to America between 1898 and 1919.
1,885 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 88.95
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This paper discusses immigrant's experiences in America in 1898-1919. It describes the changes that were experienced by immigrants in the later part of the 19th century. The paper discusses the beliefs that people held at that time and looks at the types of jobs that people had to work. It describes the discrimination against all immigrant groups and the reasons why immigrants still came to America.
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"Immigration in America 1898-1919 was the last great wave of people seeking the dignity of honest work with freedom. 1950-1969 saw less than half their number arrive, but they did not have to endure the miserable ocean voyage, the horrendous, unsafe conditions of the tenements and sweatshops, the covert and sometimes quite overt anti-foreigner sentiment of the established middle classes or the Old Stock elite who still remained entrenched in power. They were not as wretchedly without protection, not as poor without work as those at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. There is something about the courage of these people, their hope, their endurance in the face of the tremendous upheavals in American life from 1898-1919, and their stubborn refusal to be beaten down by the recurrent pattern of American racism and internal jingoism. It is one view of immigration to America at that time. Those who survived are became American; those who did not or were broken are the price that was paid for the good life and the citizenship they now enjoy."
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Immigrant Experience in Fiction, 2002.
Contrast and Comparison of Mordecai Richler's "Son of a Smaller" and Nino Ricci's "Lives of the Saints".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 64.95
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Mordecai Richler's "Son of a Smaller Hero" (1955) documents life in the Montreal ghetto and Noah Adler's first tentative ventures into Anglo, goyim society. Nino Ricci's "Lives of the Saints" also details the experience of migration. Their approaches to the immigrant experience are compared and contrasted.
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Divergent Immigrant Experiences, 2002.
Examines the social, cultural and familial influence on the immigrant experiences of different immigrant groups.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 103.95
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This essay discusses how the experiences of immigrants are different because of divergent social, cultural, and family values in different cultures. When we examine books from different cultural traditions, we are able to compare their different approaches, since we are able to see how the topic of immigration is treated differently.
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Jewish and Korean Immigrant Experiences, 2002.
The paper compares and contrasts the immigrant experiences of two groups of Americans ? the Jews and the Korean Americans.
1,933 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 5 sources, APA, AU$ 89.95
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The paper focuses on the history of the arrival of the immigrants in the United States and the reasons for immigration. The paper also compares the effects of immigration on the traditional structures of the Orthodox Jewish and Korean families. The paper examines the factors that have helped or hindered the process of acculturation for both groups.
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"Several factors affected the acculturation process undergone by both the Jewish immigrants at the beginning of the 20th century and the Korean immigrants since 1965. One of the factors is religion. Jews were traditionally, a marginalized group in Europe, a status that carried over to the United States. This marginalization also encouraged them to stay more closely-knit as a group."
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Japanese and Chinese Experiences as Immigrants in the United States, 1990.
Examines the similarities and differences in Japanese and Chinese immigrant experiences. The examination is based on accounts written by the children of immigrants, including many first and second generation acculturation problems.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 80.95
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"The immigrant experience in America has been varied, and those who are of different ethnic or racial backgrounds have had a more difficult time as immigrants than those who fit into the majority white society more easily. Immigrants from Asian countries are first of all marked as different from the time they arrive. They also are likely to experience language difficulties. They are a true minority population that has tended to settle in given areas. They usually create their own small communities within the larger American communities and so creating a protective shell based on union. The Japanese and the Chinese may seem much the same to whites, but in truth they are from quite different societies and have different attitudes toward their own community and the processes of assimilation that are part of the..."
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Immigration and Anti-Immigrant Fears, 2004.
This paper looks at the role of immigration and anti-immigrant fears in America.
1,130 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 57.95
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In this article, the writer discusses the role of immigration and anti-immigrant fears in American politics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The writer looks at the volume and character of immigration and its economic impact. The writer discusses big city machines, Red scare and Palmer raids. Further, the writer examines how immigration became a major factor in American national politics.
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"Immigration developed as a major factor in American politics during the late 19th century, due to the large scale of immigration, the new and more diverse origins of the immigrants and the resulting social and economic tensions. Immigration contributed to the growth of big-city political machines and after World War I fear of immigrant radicals triggered the first great Red scare in American national politics. Thus, immigration and the fear of immigration and immigrants played a major role in ... "
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Immigration and Immigrants, 2002.
This paper discusses identity theory as a concept in sociological theory as related to immigration and immigrants.
1,158 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 57.95
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This paper applies the identity theory to the case of immigration in the United States. It asks if the United States should continue to allow Immigrants to enter the U.S. seeking refuge and citizenship, when the nations states are already overly populated? It questions whether immigrants should be allowed to enter the U.S. and work when there are hundreds of citizens and native-born Americans already unemployed and desperately searching for work. It uses these questions as example of the conflicting messages immigrants and their children face in modern day society, and explains how they add to the increasingly complex problem of finding identity in a torn nation.
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"The United States is world known for its ethnic diversity, due in part to the immigration allowed over several years. Many people however, fail to find a means to foster inter-racial and ethnic identities, thus causing much conflict and a lack of a uniform sense of identity. The social issue relates to finding a common identity in a nation of multi-ethnicities. Children of immigrants are now coming of age, and from a social psychological stand will make the most lasting impression on society. The character of society will be shaped by their experiences."
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The Experiences of Asian-American Immigrants, 2007.
An analysis of the experiences, as an Asian-American, of the character of Jing-Mei Woo in Amy Tan's novel "The Joy Luck Club".
1,659 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 78.95
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This paper discusses the complex character of Jing-Mei Woo in Amy Tan's novel "The Joy Luck Club". It describes her experiences as a second-generation Asian-American and how she is caught between the Asian world and the Western world. The paper argues that Jing-Mei's difficulties are common to many Asian-Americans and Asian-American immigrants.
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"Note that in both of these examples, there is no talk of assimilation. Rather, the goal is to retain an Asian identity, while at the same time adopting aspects of the American culture that are seen as desirable, and as congruent with an Asian identity. This seems to be a goal for many Asian-American immigrants. It certainly seems to be a goal that Suyuan sets for Jing-Mei. After all, she both reminds her that she will always be Chinese, while at the same time exhorting her to excel in the ways of the Americans. The latter is unrealistic, as she takes it to extremes. It is left to Jing-Mei to figure out what is possible for her in her new culture, and what is not. However, to do so she also has to get in touch with her Chinese roots - as she does by visiting her sisters."
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Jewish and Korean Immigrants, 2002.
A comparison of the Jewish and Korean immigrant experience.
1,932 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 5 sources, APA, AU$ 89.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the immigrant experience of two groups of Americans ? the Jews and the Korean Americans. The first part of the paper focuses on the history of their arrival in the United States and the reasons for immigration. The second part of the paper compares the effects of immigration on the traditional structures of the Orthodox Jewish and Korean families. The next part studies the factors that have helped or hindered the process of acculturation for both groups. Through a comparison of the Jewish experience at the beginning of the 20th century and the emerging Korean American experience today, this paper thus contributes to the larger body of work regarding the acculturation of immigrants over generations across various ethnicities.
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"Most Korean Americans trace their roots to the third wave of immigration, a period during which immigrants from Asia outnumbered European immigrants for the first time in American history. Most of the third wave immigrants from Korea arrived in large family groups. Majority of these immigrants settled in urban areas such as Los Angeles, Chicago and New York City. Compared to other Asian immigrants, however, they are among the most dispersed ethnic group. Like the early Jewish immigrants, many Koreans set up businesses. In their version of New York?s Lower East Side, 45,000 Korean immigrants settled in Koreatown, a 2-mile stretch along Los Angeles?s Olympic Boulevard. The storefronts in this area used to be Jewish and Mexican-run businesses. At present, most of the stores and businesses along this area now have Korean letters on their signs."
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Chinese Immigrants in Canada, 2002.
Diascusses one Chinese immigration experience in Canada.
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This paper talks about a Hong Kong immigrant's experience in Canada. This paper looks at the university experience in Canada and family adaptation to a new culture.
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"The Tortilla Curtain" and Illegal Immigration, 2008.
This paper analyzes the immigrant experience in "The Tortilla Curtain" by T. Coraghessan Boyle.
2,444 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 108.95
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The paper highlights the contrast between the two couples in "The Tortilla Curtain;" the Mossbachers who are shining examples of how the American Dream is supposed to work and the Rincons, illegal immigrants who show how elusive that dream can be. The paper provides a synopsis of the novel and explores the history of illegal immigration in southern California. The paper presents the thesis that current concern over immigration is not really that different from the attitudes of earlier times and shows how the story told in "The Tortilla Curtain" is timely on many levels.
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Synopsis of the Novel
Illegal Immigration in southern California
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"In this year's presidential campaign, the issue of illegal immigration is being used as a way to assert how dedicated a candidate is to protecting the public from terrorists, though the issue has much more to do with economic questions and changes in society than it does with terrorism. Some portray the illegal immigrant population as an invading horde and imply a nefarious purpose in their coming here, while others recognize that illegal immigrants are coming across the border, largely the southern border, looking for better economic conditions than they can find in their home country and not because they are terrorists. The issue is not as simple as much of this candidate posturing would make it seem. The immigrant experience can be analyzed in many ways, such as by looking to studies made by scholars, considering government statistics, reading news accounts of the issue, or reading a novel that delves into this territory and provides a fresh perspective. One such novel is The tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan Boyle."
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Colombian Immigrants, 2005.
This paper explores the immigrant Colombian experience in New York City.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 51.95
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The paper provides an interview to help understand how a personal account of American life in New York City could be understood through Seusis' experience. The paper explains that although he had trouble in various ethnic conflicts when he first came to this country, the local Colombians have organizations that help to integrate people like Seusis into the economic job markets. The paper also relates that there is a wide population of Colombians in New York City that helped him to develop social tools in talking and associating with the mostly white population.
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"This study will provide an interview with Seusis Hernandez, a local Colombian in the New York City area that is now a marketing analyst in his career of choice. By analyzing the various responses Seusis has in relation to his job, ethnicity and the American way of life, one can realize the positive and negative aspects of his life as a Colombian within mostly white communities in the New York City area. Interview: Interviewer: Seusis, was it hard for you to find work in the United States when you arrived in this country? Seusis: At first it was. I had no idea as to how one should go about looking for marketing job within a city so massive as this one."
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"Family Chronicle" and "Immigrant Destinations", 2002.
This paper discusses Charles Reznikoff's "Family Chronicle" and Caroline Golab's "Immigrant Destinations".
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 116.95
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The paper examines how each author deals with the themes of immigration. In "Family Chronicle", Reznikoff provides a memoir which gives a vivid description of life in 19th-century provincial Russia and then relates it to the immigration experience in the United States. Golab, meanwhile, examines the immigration experience of various ethnic groups and shows how they assimilated into American society through work and labor.
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