This poor immigrant was a young Anzia Yezierska, beloved author of the book Hungry Hearts. ... Yezierska entwines colorful language with beautiful story lines to form one strikingly influential novel of dreams, irony, and strife. ... Yezierska's transition from one character to another is swift and easy to follow, unlike some novels I have read in previous years. ... This book also destroyed most of the stereotypes I had about immigrants. ... This novel has touched my heart in more ways than one, and it is a must read for everyone. ...

• Word Count: 432
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

In this novel, the coyote acts as a symbol for many things. ... Boyle also uses the coyote to parallel the illegal immigrants and the way the coyote lives. ... This is very much like "la migra" coming to pick up all the illegal immigrants standing on the corner waiting for work! ... Later on in the novel Jose goes down to the camp and rapes Candido's wife America. ... In Delaney's column he wrote that they are trying to kick out all the immigrants just as they are trying to "trap and euthanize" the coyotes. ...

• Word Count: 1244
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In this novel the coyote acts as a symbol for many things. ... Boyle also uses the coyote to parallel the illegal immigrants and the way the coyote lives. ... This is very much like the la migra coming to pick up all the illegal immigrants standing on the corner waiting for work. ... Later on in the novel Jose goes down to the camp and rapes Candido's wife America. ... In Delaney's column he wrote that they are trying to kick out all the immigrants just as they are trying to "trap and euthanize" the coyotes. ...

• Word Count: 1096
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In result, vast amounts of immigrants migrated to America in search of this better life. ... Sinclair with intentions of writing the book solely for the purpose of promoting socialistic ideology ended up writing a novel that alarmed the public and forced our government into taking action. ... This mind set made for an attractive facade for immigrants wanting to move to here. ... Most immigrants of Chicago generally worked in one of these factories doing various jobs. ... With The Jungle's release, the novel gained a lot of its attention from the scenes of the meat packing industry'...

• Word Count: 953
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Annie Proulx explores a similar situation of new immigrants coming to America seeking for a better life also known as the American dream but soon realize what its all about. ... The life that immigrants were living was very difficult. ... The description of what immigrants went through in the novel is in some sort what Muslims have to go through today after the attack. ... What can be learned by reading this book are the problems that immigrants faced when coming to America, what they had to go through. ... By comparing the life of immigrants to the Muslims of today, many things in common they...

• Word Count: 1063
• Approx Pages: 4

The novel is an account of how the author goes through the process of immigration and absorbtion into American society and how she moves from being a new immigrant to a true American. ... While the book is a novel, there is at least a little piece of the author in every book she wrote, and this one is no exception. ...

• Word Count: 559
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School