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Why I Went To America
My parents kicked me out the house to go to America. I came from Russia. The Reason was because of the Russian Empire. The Russian Empire was just taking over small countries in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. My parents did not want me to see the war, so that is why I went to America. The reason I went by myself is my parents only had enough money for one ticket, so they choose me. When I went to America, I was a steerage passenger. Those passengers got off last, and there was over 3,000 people on board. I waited for hours, then days. It took three days to get off the boat. The people who got off with me their faces were happy and sad. Those people’s faces were prices, Hagan.
When I got off the boat, the people’s faces priceless. Some of the faces of the people were crying for joy, smiling, or were sad because they miss someone or are sick. I was sad I missed my family and I was happy to start a new life. I wish my family I left could come with me, but they could not. Can you see if my Parents miss me please. When my boat passed The
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The officers gave me a tag to keep track of all of the passengers. My next stop was the medical room. When we were walking up to the room the doctors looked at us if we were walking funny. The medical exam was in a huge room called the registry room. It was 200 feet long and 102 feet wide. The first exam was a six second physical. The doctors just looked at us to see if we were sick. I passed the exam and then I walked to the hall for a legal inspection. The officers call mine name, and asked me 29 questions. Most of the questions were for adults not me. I walked up the steps of separation. There was three passages. The left one was people going to New York, The one in the center was for the people that are going, and on the rights was to get tickets out of New York City. I had money and I had to exchange it into a US

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