The Role Of Immigrants In The 19th Century
It is not a surprise that immigrants were discriminated for their different cultures. But, immigrants were mostly discriminated due to their poor class. During their time in America most immigrants were not taken seriously. This is shown when Jurguis was on trial for beating Connor
(the first time), "I hear it often enough. The fellow seems to have handled you pretty roughly. Thirty days and costs. Next case." In this scene Jurguis is thrown into prison without a second thought (Upton Sinclair 181). This goes to show that during this period, the middle and the upper class don’t take the poor seriously. They think that everyone who lives in poverty are the equivalent of criminals, which is true to some extent. But, in this era, it is
important to note that most of the honest working group were condemned to poverty one way or another. Don’t forget about the living conditions the immigrants had to face, while in America many immigrants were tricked into buying shoddy houses, this was explained by Majauszkiene (Upton Sinclair 72). This portrays the fact that the people of the upper class don’t care about the foreigners at all, the fact that they weren't considerate enough to build actual houses for the immigrants, shows that they only see them as a source of money and not actually people. All this just goes to show one reason why the immigrants were treated so poorly. The higher class never really saw the immigrants as people, thus, they were treated as inferior beings. Now onto the second point.
(the first time), "I hear it often enough. The fellow seems to have handled you pretty roughly. Thirty days and costs. Next case." In this scene Jurguis is thrown into prison without a second thought (Upton Sinclair 181). This goes to show that during this period, the middle and the upper class don’t take the poor seriously. They think that everyone who lives in poverty are the equivalent of criminals, which is true to some extent. But, in this era, it is
important to note that most of the honest working group were condemned to poverty one way or another. Don’t forget about the living conditions the immigrants had to face, while in America many immigrants were tricked into buying shoddy houses, this was explained by Majauszkiene (Upton Sinclair 72). This portrays the fact that the people of the upper class don’t care about the foreigners at all, the fact that they weren't considerate enough to build actual houses for the immigrants, shows that they only see them as a source of money and not actually people. All this just goes to show one reason why the immigrants were treated so poorly. The higher class never really saw the immigrants as people, thus, they were treated as inferior beings. Now onto the second point.