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Personal Narrative: Personal Experiences Of Immigrants

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For many immigrants, experiences vary between seeing the greatness in America, while also seeing its side that is hidden for many. Coming to America states, “in southeastern China, people always said that America was very good, like some kind of wonderland…But then I came to my apartment. I was shocked. In China, my parents were bosses at a company that made bricks. We had a big house; it was very comfortable. Here, there were four of us squeezing into two small rooms.” Immigrants have many assumptions about what is here in America. People imagine that the grass is greener on the other

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