America Changes Those Who Come Here

There are many ways for people from other countries to adjust to living in the United States. There are also things that immigrants think they have to do to fit in. In this essay I will include the best ways for immigrants to adjust to American culture. I will also include challenges immigrants face to fit in in America. Finally, I will include what immigrants do to adapt to America.

As far as I am concerned, moving to the United States has taught me a lot. Indeed, even though I had already come to this country several times before for vacation, there are a lot of aspects that I had not thought about. For instance, its people, their mentalities, the culture, the system especially in education. When I first arrived, I had a hard time transitioning from the French to the American system. In addition, the

From the very birth of the nation, the “American Identity” has been here. It has changed as we grew as a nation, slowly starting to represent not only American born citizens, but to represent the immigrants who moved here with their own hopes and dreams. The American Identity can be defined as a fluid, ever changing idea that has changed over time to represent the ideals of immigrants, as well as people we perceive as different.

During the late 1800s, inhabitants from all parts of the world made the decision to leave their jobs and homes to immigrate to the United States. They fled rising taxes, famine, crop failure, land and job shortages, to come to the United States. Perceived to be one of the greater countries for economic opportunity, many sought freedom from religious and political persecution. Around twelve million immigrants arrived in the United States between 1870 and 1900. Before the Civil War, the majority of immigrants were from Germany, Ireland, and England. There would be a drastic change in the next three decades. After the Civil War, immigrants

Growing up in Ghana, I had heard a lot of things about the U.S. This was a country I had always wanted to visit; my prayer was answered when I got the opportunity to travel there. Arriving in a new environment came with many experiences. Adjusting with food, language and the weather was not easy. With the passage of time, however I have been able to0 adjust and fit it. This write-up therefore is to elaborate on my experiences since coming to U.S.

One way that immigration affects the human experience is by impacting people physically. My interviewee witnessed immigrants being affected physically in her journey. Although her journey wasn’t that hard she said that “some women would be raped” during her journey (Zuñiga). She also said she “was afraid of being killed” because of the threats they received from other migrants and “some people were shot” if they didn’t give up their money or belongings (Zuñiga). Immigration can be dangerous because it affects you physically and scars you forever. In the book Enrique’s Journey he explains his experience with immigration and describes how other migrants were affected physically because of immigration. A quote that showed physical effects by immigration is “... severe internal hemorrhaging and long scratch marks on their buttocks, some get pregnant” (Nazario 77). This shows how women are affected physically because some are raped during the journey and are left with physical and emotional scars. These examples show how immigration affects people physically because both quotes show that women and men can get raped on their search for a better life. Not only are they affected physically but they are also affected emotionally and mentally because events like this affect how you see other people and the world.

Immigrants have shaped American culture and identity by bringing their own home culture from other parts of the world. Furthermore, another kind of immigrants brought a different kind of beliefs in America. The way immigrants shaped Americans identity in America is by changing the way how people think of others because of their culture, race, and beliefs. The way it shaped America with cultures is because the variety of cultures that are a mix in America.

AAmerica began as a small struggling nation, with each citizen desiring an opportunistic way of life. To achieve this way of life, many changes needed to be made. Different people with distinctive ideas came together, and although there was conflict, they made great changes politically, socially, and economically. Each aspect changed America tremendously in a variety of ways. Analyzing each specific change can determine the extent in which America has changed for better or for worse.

Immigration can be defined as passing foreigners to a country and making it their permanent residence. Reasons ranging from politics, economy, natural disasters, wish to change ones surroundings and poverty are in the list of the major causes of immigration in both history and today. In untied states, immigration comes with complexities in its demographic nature. A lot of cultural and population growth changes have been witnessed as a result of immigration. In the following paper, I will focus on how immigration helps United States as compared to the mostly held view that it hurts America.

I came to America with a suitcase and a dream, but little did I know that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side. After my family and I worked our whole lives to come to the land of opportunity we faced problems in the cities and workplaces, in the environment, problems in politics, and in society.

Since the beginning, America has been a nation of immigrants. During the colonial era, people were coming across the Atlantic Ocean, and other lands, to either start a new life or to escape religious prosecutions. American history has been shaped by the ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity brought by immigrants in the 19th and 20th century. Without a doubt, immigration has had a very large cultural impact and influence in America.

Overall Liz said there is just a lot more freedom here in America. You just have to use it wisely. Had her grandmother had come with her to America she would of graduated high school and maybe when on to college. Even with that she still wasn’t born in America so it is a lot harder for her to get important things her driving license or a degree. However, Liz is still thankful for coming to America.

“You are not White, Black, Yellow or Brown you are an American” If your color of skin, your race, or where you came from do not matter can you be an American and how can you shape America? Immigrants have helped shape American identity by rethinking race and creating a new image of what it means to be American.

Every second of our lives, there is always change. Some changes might be bigger or so small we can’t even notice it’s happening or affecting our lives. The world will always change with each sunrise and sunset. Firoozeh Dumas writes of her experience coming to America from Iran and how her life was changed. Dumas writes “We remember the kindness more than ever, knowing that our relatives who immigrated to this country after the Iranian Revolution did not encounter the same America” (Dumas page 92). Her quote is about how Americans minds’ have changed on their opinions of the Iranian culture and Iranian people.

Moving to America can be a good experience or a bad experience for some people. For example, Amitabh and Xiaojun had some different experiences after moving to America. Their tone and mood varies about America. This is shown in the text “Coming to America”. Firstly, they both had different tones and moods when talking about their parents.