How Immigrants Became Other By Carola Suarez-Orozco Summary

Rhetorical Analysis of David Brook’s “People Like Us” The goal of argumentative writing implies the fact of persuading an audience that an idea is valid, or maybe more valid than somebody else’s. With the idea of making his argument successful, and depending on which topic is being established, the author uses different strategies which Aristoteles defined as “Greek Appeals”. Pathos, the first appeal, generates emotions in the reader, and it may have the power of influencing what he believes. Ethos, or ethical appeals, convince the reader by making him believe in the author’s credibility.

It is how you present yourself to others and to the world. They believe Americanism is based on the American people, not the American land. To them, being an American is about understanding their values and ethics and going along with them. Americans have so many flaws, each and every one of them. The great part about being an American though, is that you are allowed to have

The Americans faced taxes such as the Sugar Act, Stamp Act and Townshend Act due to Britain having to make up for the money they had lost to war. The people of America essentially felt that Britain was being unreasonable “for imposing taxes on us without our consent”. The taxes were passed by Parliament in which there were no American representation. This lead to Americans protesting the taxes that lacked representation and the Virginia House of Burgess stating that "the taxation of the people by themselves, or by persons chosen by themselves to represent them... is the only security against a burdensome taxation, and [is] the distinguishing characteristic of British freedom". The Stamp Act caused Americans to protest and refuse to buy or import British goods.

Challenges of Immigration: The Shimerda’s Struggle Willa Cather’s novel, My Ántonia sheds light on the topic of immigration. Immigrants have many different reasons for why they might migrate to the United States. Some were trying to escape something from their old country such as avoiding a war, trouble with the law, or shame as is the case of the Russians Pavel and Peter. Reasons for immigrating could also relate to chasing the American dream as is the case with the Shimerdas.

Had the central power of the American government not been there to tell others that all who migrate into the country bring drugs, violence, and rape, there would not be an increasing demographic that believes it. In the same sense, if an author were to intentionally omit perspectives from writing in order to craft the image of a character, individuals would grow accustomed to that point of view and be adamant in its validity. This is what John Steinbeck is able to achieve in East of Eden, a modern retelling of Genesis’ Adam and Eve. Through the omission and inclusion of words and literary devices alike, Steinbeck is able to holistically create and mold reader perception. The incorporation and use of connotative diction, biblical allusions, and parallel structure throughout the novel of East of Eden is able to skew readers perspectives on the character of Charles Trask to picture him as an evil man, ultimately achieving the ability to create the image of Caleb Trask in the same form and plague him.

Cohen’s fourth thesis talks about the differences among groups of people in areas of race, gender, etc. and how those differences can create monsters in society. Unauthorized immigrants often get placed into a “different” or “unwanted” group and that causes them to face unfairness in society. “How Immigrants Become ‘Other’” correlates to Cohen’s thesis because unauthorized immigrants can be made into monsters due to differences in race and legal status. The group of unauthorized immigrants can become alienated in society, and the people themselves are sometimes referred to as “illegal aliens.”

He said, “Whatever the intent, we know from past history that the first step in oppressing a people is to dehumanize the and/or to demonize them.” (Yzaguirre 2). Immigrants came to this country to get away from the violence that was in their countries, but when they got here they were met with discrimination and

The most significant discoveries are those that provoke individuals to reconsider the ways which they view themselves and the world around them. This idea is epitomised in the film ‘Life of Pi’ by Ang Lee and the novel ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ which both strategically use their characters experiences with discovery to invite the audience to gain a deeper and more profound understanding of how intellectual and spiritual discovery shapes an individual. The discovery of the relativity of truth allows for recognition of the fact that the truth is anything but absolute. This observation is an intellectual one which helps clarify the complexity that surrounds us daily. In the metafictive dialogue ‘Life of Pi’ which the author declares he prefers the

Immigrants are what make the United States the greatest country in the world. However, in the poem The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus and Alabanza, by Martin Espada the authors express how immigrants try to come to America to find a new beginning to change their world, but the immigrants do not understand they are being mistreated and not recognized if the immigrants do not have papers. In contrast, one of these works contains power and the other resistance. Overall, both of these works have one thing in common: they both talk about immigrants and the struggle of being one.

In other words the first generation of Hispanics who immigrated to the United States find it difficult to abandon their culture and their roots because their culture is how they were raised and grew up in their countries and their roots always show them where they come from, so they try to avoid the idea of adopting American culture and well not be part of another culture in America. In the article “Immigrants Shunning Idea of Assimilation” by William Branigin mentions how difficult is for many hispanics come to united States and try to assimilate a new culture. The author mentions that even though Hispanics obtain American citizenship they still feel as Hispanic ; some Hispanics today tend to believe that to be part of American culture they must be similar to a white person, so because they do not look like a white person, they do not feel tempted to acquire the Americanization; they feel that because they are not equal to them it means that assimilation is not directed toward them. Branigin complains that “"It's difficult to adapt to the culture ," said Maria Jacinto, 32, who moved to the United States 10 years ago with her husband, Aristeo Jacinto, 36.” ( Branigin 1) Basically Branigin is saying that is difficult to abandon their cultures and adopt a new

As they saw America as a new hope and a new start to their lives. Estevan and Esperanza represent the many immigrants that enter America for a new life but are deported and left with nothing. And like many immigrants like Armando and his family they fear for security of their lives every day. This issue appears today as many authority figures in our government and many presidential candidate would like to deport many illegal immigrants from the U.S. No matter what opinion there is on the subject we should all take into consideration the risk these people take when entering into our country for a

Lincoln 's main rhetorical appeal was the use of emotional language in using word such as dearm , best , last , and hope. Using these words to show how american needs to get back to it roots of why it was formed. To be a safe haven for people who are being persecuted not to persecute people because their look or act different from us. This also appeals you your ethos because irtt saying America’s not where it should be how can you help get it their. I agree at with this quote that at that point in time , but that were better now.

In the wake of his trip, Selders faced tremendous political repercussions. He was vilified on local talk radio (Riccardi), and received angry emails and “more hate calls than I care to mention” (qtd. in Quintero). Some accused him of wanting to turn Greeley into a sanctuary for illegal immigrants.

The reason being is because the nativist held the immigrants responsible for the many negative actions in American society. Hence, the

Disbelief in patriotism often resulted in cruel punishments and sometimes even death (Doc 2). Immigrants who migrated to America were expected to disown their native culture and adopt the American lifestyle, those who didn’t couldn’t be considered true Americans (Doc 10). When foreigners first arrived they saw patriotic ideas and symbols to make sure they too would adapt to be a Patriot (Doc 11). Patriotism was a common reaction to the Red Scare. Americans had different reactions to Immigrants and a fear of communism, which has, in some aspects, not changed.