Anzia Yezierska's Short Story 'The Lost Beautifulness'

This book reflects the author’s wish of not only remembering what has happened to the Japanese families living in the United States of America at the time of war but also to show its effects and how families made through that storm of problems and insecurities. The story takes in the first turn when the father of Jeanne gets arrested in the accusation of supplying fuel to Japanese parties and takes it last turn when after the passage of several years, Jeanne (writer) is living a contented life with her family and ponders over her past (Wakatsuki Houston and D. Houston 3-78). As we read along the pages

After the great depression and the crash of 2008, the number of homeless people has risen. Luckily, during recent times, the rate of homelessness has decreased. However, the economy is still deeply affected by homelessness through housing and sheltering projects and medical issues. These costs a lot of money and negatively affects the economy. Homelessness has existed since the beginning of civilization, usually because a lot of people at the time are too poor to buy a house.

Family #19788 The memoir Looking like the Enemy, was written by Mary Matsuda Gruenewald. Set during World War II after the attack upon Pearl Harbor. The Japanese Americans living in Western part of America had a since of betrayal and fear having to evacuate their homes and enter into internment camps.

When she was alive women were treated unfairly by men and people were still judged by the color of their skin and the South had slaves. Clara was born on December 25, 1821 in North Oxford, Massachusetts. She lived on a big farm, went to school in a one-room school house, and she helped around the house by doing her chores. Her parents were Sarah and Stephen Barton, she had two sisters Dorothea and Sally, and two brothers David and Stephen. Before Clara went to school she was tutored by her brothers and sisters in subjects such as spelling, arithmetic, and geography.

In the short story there were numerous actions that depicted slavery throughout the novel. Delia was a washwomen and a house wife. Particularly, monday mornings are so important to her. She is very well kept woman and consistent with her works around the house. When Sykes was looking for trouble he would soil the washed white clothes that delia hanged outside to dry.

Just like several other ethnic groups in the 1800s, poverty drove many Greeks to emigrate to America. In their home country, agriculture paid inadequately and was long, arduous work. And those already paltry conditions turned destitute for citizens when blight struck their crops. This caused a mass migration from Greece that began in the 1890s and lasted through the 1920s (Iliou, 2007). During that time, many people from Greece sailed to Ellis Island, in hopes of a better future.

This, in turn, led to labor shortages in the colony. Many Englishmen who wished to come to Virginia, and later other colonies, could not afford the cost of their passage to America. They often became indentured servants, signing a contract to work from 3 – 7 years for those who had paid their passage to the colonies Trade in the Pennsylvania Colony used the natural resources and raw materials available to develop trade in

Pathos emotionally connects with the reader. Outliers shows many examples, one would be the story of 12-year-old Marita living in a one-bedroom apartment with her mom. To reach her success “I wake up at five-forty-five a.m. to get a head start, I brush my teeth, shower. I get some breakfast at school, if I am running late…” (Gladwell, 264).

She truly embodied a woman of the early 1900’s. She wasn’t allowed to do or go as she wanted to, like her step sisters but was forced to work. For Example, “There she had to do hard work from morning till night, got up before day break, carry water, light fires, cook and wash” (121). The ideal housewife of this time earned her training within homes centered around the principles preparing the woman to take her of the household. Cinderella was isolated from

She takes over her household when her father dies in a mine explosion, assuming the role of a bread earner and provides for her family, which was her father’s job, before he died. This makes her independent and masculine in terms of being a protector for her mother and Prim who are weak and require a savior; so Katniss takes the role of the redeemer that was the need of the time. At the start of the novel, Katniss is shown as a character, which has many masculine traits, such as she is independent, skilled, confident and fearless. At the same time, she is concerned for Prim and is critical of her mother’s weakness that is evident when she says that “…all I knew was that I had lost not only a father, but a mother as well. ”(Collins, 2008, p. 39).

With the difficulty to own books, having a library facility also did not exist. The individuals who did own such luxury were people of the higher class, such as the clergy or the rich. The poor or locals who worked on a daily basis could not afford such

My visit at the Holocaust Museum with some friends started off with a survivor guest speaker. She told us about how she lost her home, her family, and her rights in Hungary when Nazi Germany took over. Later on, we walked through the exhibit, learning about Germany, the rise of the Nazi Party, and their contribution of World War II. The guest speaker was a native Hungarian of Jewish descent, although we walked in after she started sharing her story we got a good look of how her life unfolded.

Adjusting to America How tough is it coming to America from another country? Every year, thousands of people immigrate to America alone for different reasons whether it be war or just to start a new, better life. For some, it was not even a choice whether they could leave, because the only other option was eventually death. Even with help from others, the transition from their old customs, to the American lifestyle is very hard to do. Many people had to adjust living in the United States.

Immigrants face a great deal of hardship on coming to America. Many of these immigrants were on uneducated and fell into the trap of Robber Barons. During the Great Migration (1880-1921) about 56% of the immigrants migrated to the United States not knowing what to expect. Therefore, when coming to America many of the defenseless immigrants had to pay a price. “The shipping industry guarantee good profit, but they had to send their children which caused their family to be separated, this was because these immigrants did not have enough money to have them and their children going together” ( Morgan Prezi).