Monologue From Amy Tan's A View From The Bridge

My dearest wife
Tell me how are you doing? There are no words to describe how I'm missing you and the kids. Is (ill son name) doing alright, is he better than before? I know it has been hard but I know you will take care of them, now that I'm not there to help you, but when I get my first pay I will quickly send it to you so you can spend it on medicine and stuff you need. Rodolpho and I arrived safely in America thanks to Beatrice's husband, I can't complain about the ride, as we are illegally boarding we need to be hidden down, once or twice someone brought us food...as long as I arrive in America I will be happy, I thank Beatrice so much for doing this. How I wish to be there with you but what I am doing is for our good, sadly I have to stay here for several years so we can have a
Beatrice's husband is called Eddie; he has Sicilian descent, and a longshoreman, he has some trust issues when it comes to meeting new people and he sometimes can be very obsessive he is basically the master of the house considering that if he says something it has to be done; he is very protective especially with his niece Catherine who he treats her as its own daughter. Catherine is a really energetic and joyful young lady that's barely in her 17 and I've notice that Eddie is like a father to her and she loves him a lot as she is always asking for his approval for everything she does, she was really excited when she first met us! My first week here was like a flash! I can say I quite like the way everything looks so unrealistic! New York is nothing compared to the streets in Sicily. My work is full of longshoremen. I like the ways things are going with my new job I can say it's nothing compared to what I lived back there. My pay per week is 30 dollars! Can you imagine that? I will send 20 dollars a week so that you can spend it, and the rest of the money I will save it and when I need it I will use