Dumas: Coming To America
Timed Essay
Dumas is an immigrant that lived in America for a year, she is originally from Iran. She really liked living in America because of her new found friends, she was treated kindly and she thinks that she was lucky. Dumas had a lot of fun while she lived in America, and was very happy to have come here. “I was lucky to have come to America years before the political upheaval in Iran.” (Dumas 89). This quote from Dumas’s article shows that in her childhood she was truly lucky to be away from the problems in Iran. “Even though I had been the beneficiary of all the attention, my mother, watching silently from a distance, had also felt the warmth of generosity and kindness.” (Dumas 92). The feelings of kindness were so strong
Dumas is an immigrant that lived in America for a year, she is originally from Iran. She really liked living in America because of her new found friends, she was treated kindly and she thinks that she was lucky. Dumas had a lot of fun while she lived in America, and was very happy to have come here. “I was lucky to have come to America years before the political upheaval in Iran.” (Dumas 89). This quote from Dumas’s article shows that in her childhood she was truly lucky to be away from the problems in Iran. “Even though I had been the beneficiary of all the attention, my mother, watching silently from a distance, had also felt the warmth of generosity and kindness.” (Dumas 92). The feelings of kindness were so strong