Monthly Archives: February 2011
Response No. 3
Every passing day, I realize how much we take advantage of the things in our lives – whether they be living or material. It’s true how we suddenly value something when it’s gone; most of us have grown up in … Continue reading
Response 2/22
In response to Toni-Ann’s remark about immigrants treating other immigrant groups with a tendency to look down upon them I say: “well of course.” If an immigrant is coming to this country for a better life, than other immigrants can … Continue reading
Response for 2/22
Foner’s chapter contrasting old and new immigrants was really interesting. The way she describes the old immigrants (poor and wretched) are the way I imagined most immigrants today. I didn’t realize that today most immigrants are from professional and middle … Continue reading
Reading Response 3
In both readings the authors, Foner and Anbinder share the horrifying personal experiences of immigrants from Italy and China. In “From Ellis Island to JFK,” Foner relays their descriptions of their journeys taken to come to the United States. One … Continue reading
2/22/10
The immigration pattern to America has greatly changed over the years, in who and why they are coming. First the Irish because of the famine, then the Italians for job oportunities, then the Chinese for religious and commercial purposes. Nowadays … Continue reading
Response-2/22
What immigrants endured to set foot on the soil we are all on at the present moment….whoa. There really is no comparison between the journey to America for the “old immigrants” and the “new immigrants.” As William mentioned, the conditions … Continue reading
Response- Feb. 21
Reading some of the terrible experiences that the immigrants had in their homeland, it became clearer to me why they would immigrate, even to Five Points. Yes, Five Points was not a perfect place and many immigrants lived crowded together in … Continue reading
Interesting websites?
I think I remember that it was an assignment to post interesting websites to this category. Sorry if I’m jumping the gun here… 😮 This is an art website, I think it’s innovative because you can handwrite and hand-draw comments: http://tewi.us/tegaki/ … Continue reading
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Response (2/22/11)
Like everyone has mentioned, the chapters in Anbinder were utterly painful to read. People in modern times have a concept of poverty that cannot even come close to the hell on earth faced by the Irish during the 1800s- both … Continue reading
Response 2/22 Readings
Let me begin by saying that while I agree with everyone that Anbinder clearly describes the difficulties the Irish faced back in Ireland, and perhaps for some the conditions in America were better, the prologue to chapter 12 entitled “These … Continue reading
