Nilda, the protagonist in the novel Nilda by Nicholosa Mohr uses her knowledge of the English language to obtain an identity in the United States. ... The mother in this novel one could see just does not have the time to learn the language because of her other responsibilities due to her family. ... Immigrant women also face cultural conflicts that affect adjustment to life in the United Sates. ... Immigrant women are also considered a low priority for services in many mainstream programs. ... Low-income immigrant women do not fit this profile. ...

• Word Count: 1038
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Setting in "The Bluest Eye" Time 1940-41 The novel is divided into the four seasons Place Lorain, Ohio (Morrison's home town) It is more preciously set around Broadway, Twenty-First and Thirty-Fifth Streets. At the time the story takes place Lorain is a small industrial town populated with immigrant: Europeans, Mexicans and Southern blacks who lived next to each other. ... To some degree, she also questions the benevolvence of nature, as when Claudia wonders whether the earth itself might have been unyielding to someone like Pecola (p. 164) The House The ...

• Word Count: 384
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

My thesis is from the novel, The Joy Luck Club. ... There are some differences between Chinese-American immigrants to the United States and other immigrants to the United States. ... Another one of the differences between Chinese-American immigrants to other immigrants is their culture. ... As a result of all these differences, the differences between Chinese-American immigrants cannot be applied to all immigrants. ... Tan's newest novel is The Bonesetter's Daughter in the year 2001. ...

• Word Count: 1089
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The reader follows the life of Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuania immigrant who struggles to survive in the harsh conditions of Chicago. ... This novel displayed the reality of life in the meatpacking industry. ... This was similar to the way that capitalism worked during this novel. It looked good on the outside, but on the inside, it was putrid and caused the abuse and deaths of many immigrants and workers. ... Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is a novel about the evils of capitalism and the struggles of an immigrant in America. ...

• Word Count: 350
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

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

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle published in 1906 is considered the novel that led to his "fame." ... During that time period the meatpacking factories were the only places an immigrant could find a job. ... Throughout the novel Sinclair also discusses the meaning and foundation of Socialism which he was a strong member of that party. ... In Chicago in the 1900's Socialism was just beginning to set up a home with all of the immigrants. ... After reading the novel and realizing what occurred in the early 1900's to the immigrants who needed to find homes and or jobs to survive and ho...

• Word Count: 824
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

As the plot develops; the novel features foreshadowing. There are several scenes in the novel that exhibit his overall outcome. ... Being an immigrant surrounded by no one but other immigrants, it is understandable why she found it so hard. ... None of the other immigrants in her community fit Sara's definition of being an American. ... She felt like an outsider in America from the very beginning of the novel. ...

• Word Count: 1142
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

One issue that Sinclair explains throughout the novel is exploitation and greed. ... Though it may not be that noticeable, immigrants are still be held to exploitation and greed. Secondly, Sinclair shows the dangerous and unfair labor issues the immigrants faced. ... Today, Immigrants do not face as much danger as they used to. Immigrants do still face issues with living conditions, however, the conditions are improving. ...

• Word Count: 578
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The chapter "The Down Town Back-Alleys" in Jacob Riis' novel "How the Other Half Lives" focuses on the plight of the poor on the lower east side of Manhattan. The novel focuses on what Riis calls the "other half," indicating the division between the poor people he writes about and his audience. ... It is interesting how as an immigrant, Riis made disparaging comments towards others like himself. ... This makes a separation between the immigrants and the natives, arguing that the immigrants are occupying territory that belongs to the natives, and they do not n...

• Word Count: 1082
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

He started to write dime novels at the age of 15 and produced fiction articles magazines to finance his studies at New York City College. In 1897 he enrolled Columbia University, determined to succeed while producing one poorly paid novel per week. ... The Jungle accounts for the dirty conditions in the Chicago meat-packing industry and the struggles immigrants encounter in hopes of wealth and freedom when first arriving to America. In the story Jurgis Rudkus, a young Lithuanian immigrant, arrives in America dreaming of wealth, freedom, and opportunity. ... The reader then understands the plac...

• Word Count: 1001
• Approx Pages: 4

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

They set up shop in their home like many other immigrants. ... I can imagine how hard Sara's work was in the novel "Bread Givers"". ... The windowless kitchen, five people sleeping in one bedroom, and picking up the heavy water bucket, it is hard to imagine how these poor immigrant women carried these up multiple flights daily. ... Although I am not a descendant of immigrants, I feel as though I should further treasure my life in New York. ...

• Word Count: 474
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Sinclair wanted to show Americans how hard it was for unemployed immigrants to make it in the harsh new world. ... Sinclair has his main character, Jurgis Rudkus, put through a series of mis-fortunate events throughout the novel, most of which are a result of a moral-lacking economic system. ... Because The Novel is based in the industrial, early 1900's and Sinclair's main point is to show the trials of working men, the industrial environment of Packingtown, Chicago is a perfect setting for a narration that will support the themes of the novel. ... Perhaps Sinclair went too deep into...

• Word Count: 438
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Throughout the novel, the four mothers and their daughters share memories of the joys and conflicts in their lives. ... Anyone with some sense of immigrant ancestry would take this book to heart. Being the daughter of immigrant parents myself, I understood what was going through the minds of the Chinese women. ... This novel has truly shown the great contrast that occurs from generation to generation, in the passing on of ideas and traditions. ...

• Word Count: 604
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

"Tis bring us through the life of Frank McCourt and shows us the trials and tribulations he and other immigrants faced. "Tis written by Frank McCourt, is a novel that reflects upon the trials and tribulations he and other immigrants faced. ... McCourt tells us everything in his novel (McCourt, 65). ... Confused with American culture, McCourt shows every sign of an immigrant fresh off the boat. ... "Tis written by Frank McCourt, is a novel that reflects upon the trials and tribulations he and other immigrants faced. ...

• Word Count: 1002
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

INDRODUCTION Whether there is an American novel literature or not, is no longer in doubt. ... The colonists were Europeans, together with Africans or involuntary' immigrants, brought by slave trade. ... No sovereign , no court, no personal loyalty, no aristocracy, no church, no clergy, no army, no diplomatic service, no country gentlemen, no palaces, no castles, nor manners.., no great literature, no novels, no museums, no pictures, no political society, no sporting class- no Epsom or Ascot!... ... America then was a classless society or rather a society of one class- the middl...

• Word Count: 455
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The novel, Catch-22, was first published in 1961 by Joseph Heller. ... Joseph Heller was born on May 1, 1923 to Russian immigrant parents and from an early age aspired to be a writer. ... When his novel was first published, it was not an immediate success. ... The crude, black humor in the novel is what makes the novel what it is and without it the book would be even more boring. The novel could be read be students, probably starting in middle school. ...

• Word Count: 587
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Amy Tan's novel, The Joy Luck Club is one that is truly amazing and a joy to read. ... Mother-daughter Relations and Clash of Cultures in The Joy Luck Club Six Sources Amy Tan is an American Born Chinese, daughter of immigrants, and her family shares many features with the families depicted in her novels. ... Tan's novels share many themes and elements, but this paper will focus mainly on two episodes of the novel The Joy Luck Club: "The Joy Luck Club" and "Waiting Between the Trees"; and will make references to The Kitchen's God Wife and The Hundred Secret Senses. ......

• Word Count: 972
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Whether in novels, television shows, or movies, some of the most beloved and durable works of historic culture have used the war as a point of reference, departure, or focus. ... In my opinion, the main character of the novel/movie Scarlett O'Hara was the best character of all. She was the spoiled, manipulative daughter of an Irish immigrant plantation owner. ...

• Word Count: 272
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

The novel Ragtime, written by E. ... The novel opens at the house of the upper class family. ... The immigrant family in the Lower East Side are suffering from poverty. ... While visiting the immigrant family, Evelyn goes with them to a socialist meeting, and she is criticized by the speaker about her sexuality and being in a capitalistic society. ... In this novel, it basically shows that hardships come upon any family. ...

• Word Count: 937
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Sweet foretaste of the summer wind, That blows Across the waving green of the young rice, Across the unchained current of the distant dream, Between the singing strands of taut-stretched barrier-wire, To speak the future freely In guarded whispers Only the prisoner knows these things A composition of recollections both in the past and present, this novel portrays the hardships and struggles that a Vietnamese family endures through the years of approaching communism. ... Only the Heart, a touching novel explicitly composed by Brian Caswell and David Phu An Chiem, depicts a ...

• Word Count: 415
• Approx Pages: 2

In this novel are many things which bring the feeling of sadness to the reader's mind.. Born in Brooklyn as an irish immigrant and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. ... In this novel are many things which bring the feeling of sadness to the reader's mind. ... There are a total of 3 deaths in the first chapter of the novel, so you can see how these deaths bring suffering to the family. ...

• Word Count: 463
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The rest of the novel is segregated into chapters that follow a chronological order. ... This 'disease theory' of addiction further reinforced the movement towards prohibition, which angered the many people of China, as well as the Chinese-American immigrants. ... All of these points are later on refreshed in the conclusive section of the novel. ... Doug Wagner's book review of Narcotic Culture gave me another insight on how I viewed the novel. He uses the novel to compare our society with drugs today, to that of China back then. ...

• Word Count: 1062
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate