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Coming to America
Annie Steele
Period 9
Coming to America
Annie Steele
Period 9
1. “Coming to America
Question 2: What major difference does the author see between life in the “Old World” and life in the United States? Explain.
The author, Gish Jen, sees a major difference between the way of life in the “Old World” as opposed to the way of life in our society in the United States now-a-days. She states “In the Old World, there was one way of life, or 2, maybe 10,” and looking back in history this is accurate. There was not as much diversity in terms of religion, ethnicity, or profession as there is today. She makes it clear that she believes now there are “New Worlds” around every corner. A big factor into this is all the immigrants who came over and meshed their new, different ways of life with the ones already set in place here. She believes that all the new diversity changed the USA into having it’s way of life made entirely of a mixture of many different ways of life.
Question 3: Jen States that “to come to America is to be greatly disoriented for many a day” Why does she believe this country is so confusing for new immigrants? Explain.
Jen is right when she expressed that coming to America leaves most foreigners completely disoriented, more so than other cultures would. She believes this country to be so confusing because our culture in the Unite States is mostly created for a mixture of many different societies and cultures from around the would. When Jen says, “Everywhere has a somewhere else around the corner,” she is explaining how diversified our culture is here in the United States, and while diversity is a great thing, it also is confusing for an immigrant trying to learn the way of life. The hardship in immigrants trying to adapt to the single way of life in America is that there is no single way of life here.
2. Questions 8-10 from Of Plymouth Plantation
8. What does “The Starving Time” convey about the Puritans’
Annie Steele
Period 9
Coming to America
Annie Steele
Period 9
1. “Coming to America
Question 2: What major difference does the author see between life in the “Old World” and life in the United States? Explain.
The author, Gish Jen, sees a major difference between the way of life in the “Old World” as opposed to the way of life in our society in the United States now-a-days. She states “In the Old World, there was one way of life, or 2, maybe 10,” and looking back in history this is accurate. There was not as much diversity in terms of religion, ethnicity, or profession as there is today. She makes it clear that she believes now there are “New Worlds” around every corner. A big factor into this is all the immigrants who came over and meshed their new, different ways of life with the ones already set in place here. She believes that all the new diversity changed the USA into having it’s way of life made entirely of a mixture of many different ways of life.
Question 3: Jen States that “to come to America is to be greatly disoriented for many a day” Why does she believe this country is so confusing for new immigrants? Explain.
Jen is right when she expressed that coming to America leaves most foreigners completely disoriented, more so than other cultures would. She believes this country to be so confusing because our culture in the Unite States is mostly created for a mixture of many different societies and cultures from around the would. When Jen says, “Everywhere has a somewhere else around the corner,” she is explaining how diversified our culture is here in the United States, and while diversity is a great thing, it also is confusing for an immigrant trying to learn the way of life. The hardship in immigrants trying to adapt to the single way of life in America is that there is no single way of life here.
2. Questions 8-10 from Of Plymouth Plantation
8. What does “The Starving Time” convey about the Puritans’