Immigrant Life In America
Immigrant life in America is filled with obstacles such as abuse, discrimination, and poverty.They're constantly neglected and aren’t provided with any opportunities to be successful immigrants.They struggle with assimilating and having to change their identity in order to be a successful individual.
For immigrants life in America is filled with obstacles, shame, and discrimination that limit their success in life. In “Always Running” Luis J. Rodriguez discusses his mother confrontation to discrimination and language barriers that kept her from standing up for herself. A american woman states, “Hey, get out of there that’s our seat.” My mother understood but didn’t know how to answer back in english. So she tried in spanish. “Look spic, you …show more content…
In “My Name is Sangoel” Karen Williams discusses how after immigrating to America Sangoel feels that he has lost part of his identity. Sangoel states, “ In America I have lost my name,” mama sighed, her eyes sad. “America is our home now. Perhaps you need an american name” The wise one sang in his memory “you will always be Sangoel” (Williams,8) In other words after arriving to America Sangoel feels that he’s lost his name and is no longer the same person he used to be and although his mother wishes to stay true to her culture and traditions she figures it’s for the best. Even though Sangoel doesn’t want to accept changing his identity. Sangoel’s mother word choice and even the way she’s described suggest her feeling of defeat and sadness of not staying true to herself and culture. Williams states “Mama sighed her eyes sad” which show her resistance and resentment of coming to America and leaving everything behind. The use of “The Wise one” refers back to someone from Sangoel’s Dinka tribe that told him to stay true to himself. We can conclude that Sangoel’s mother is showing her willingness to assimilate this is because she suggest Sangoel should change his name to a American name in order to be successful and “Normal” with this we can infer that she wants the best for her son and if that includes giving up his identity she is willing to have
For immigrants life in America is filled with obstacles, shame, and discrimination that limit their success in life. In “Always Running” Luis J. Rodriguez discusses his mother confrontation to discrimination and language barriers that kept her from standing up for herself. A american woman states, “Hey, get out of there that’s our seat.” My mother understood but didn’t know how to answer back in english. So she tried in spanish. “Look spic, you …show more content…
In “My Name is Sangoel” Karen Williams discusses how after immigrating to America Sangoel feels that he has lost part of his identity. Sangoel states, “ In America I have lost my name,” mama sighed, her eyes sad. “America is our home now. Perhaps you need an american name” The wise one sang in his memory “you will always be Sangoel” (Williams,8) In other words after arriving to America Sangoel feels that he’s lost his name and is no longer the same person he used to be and although his mother wishes to stay true to her culture and traditions she figures it’s for the best. Even though Sangoel doesn’t want to accept changing his identity. Sangoel’s mother word choice and even the way she’s described suggest her feeling of defeat and sadness of not staying true to herself and culture. Williams states “Mama sighed her eyes sad” which show her resistance and resentment of coming to America and leaving everything behind. The use of “The Wise one” refers back to someone from Sangoel’s Dinka tribe that told him to stay true to himself. We can conclude that Sangoel’s mother is showing her willingness to assimilate this is because she suggest Sangoel should change his name to a American name in order to be successful and “Normal” with this we can infer that she wants the best for her son and if that includes giving up his identity she is willing to have