Dialogue Essay: The Immigrant And Sefa's Father

What I am most proud of, is the fact that I am a hardworking immigrant. In today’s divided society, immigrants are stereotyped as “non-contributing to society” or “largely uneducated”. This ignorant stereotype is a constant reminder of how hard I should work.

“I’m fine!” they rushed out, forcing their eyes to meet with his. It almost stung. “I really am fine.”

“Forgive me for not noticing you Isaac.” She said while chewing. “I’m still not fully awake yet, how did you sleep?”

What features of this argument contribute most to making it persuasive or not persuasive for its target audience and for you?

​She turned away and took a deep breath, wondering how to say it, and when she finally started, her voice was quiet. “I’m pregnant. You remember Ian, right? He was our high school friend.” Lawrence sat in silence for endless minutes, staring at Daisy, unable to believe what he had just heard, yet believing it. He could see in her eyes that she meant every word she had said. “I’m sorry,” she said softly. He nodded understandingly.

Hardship and loss of freedom comes to mind as I think about an immigrant black woman. If they had other forms of persuasion other then the “glamour” or positive side of England that they heard about through tales, would they less enthused and reluctant of being the follower. Would the immigrant black woman still be as naïve?

"Are you healing well from your capture?" Arthur asked, referring to Gwaine's recent enslavement by Morgana.

She then cringed as she conjured up the image of Samuel and the expression on his face when she had told him she was marrying someone else. The hurt in his eyes had burned a hole in her heart that remained to this day. She quivered all over, not from the nasty cold, but as a reaction to her thoughts as they drifted back to that ghastly day and to the moment she realized she was pregnant with Owen’s baby: the day her life ceased to exist as she had known it.

While reading “Immigrant Voices Volume II”, I noticed that most immigrants migrating to the United States for similar reasons that relates to the others. Individuals migrated to the U.S for reasons such as, a better opportunity in life for themselves and their families. Some was forced to migrate in order to avoid laws in their homeland that was unethical. These law was considering cruel, for example some families were denied economic security or legal rights in their homeland. I choose the county India to be compared to my chosen Immigrant Experience essay, “Time and Tide” (migration), by John A. Williams.

Joanne and Steve wanted a C-section as they had difficultly delivery with their first child; however Joanne went into labour early. The baby was delivered 3 days before the C-section was scheduled. With her first child she was given an epidural that did not work, this is why she had requested the C-section for the birth of this child. Their first child died at 21 days old, he was an IVF baby and it had taken them 5-6 years to get him. After a couple of years they started trying for another baby, they had been saving up for more IVF but they managed to conceive naturally. They had more scans during this pregnancy to ensure the health of the baby was okay.

“They’ll both die if we don’t do the surgery.” Lexie countered. “She’ll go into a coma and we probably won’t be able to wake her up.”

“You mean you didn’t know? Laura, upon your arrival we tested a variety of things to make sure you were okay. One thing being tested was your upper and lower torso because most of the damage was caused there. We did an ultrasound to discover you are indeed pregnant.”

At first, it was bearable. The girl, Liesel (A good girl, he reminds himself), visits often. He can feel her owlish eyes on him as he dozes, but strangely, it isn’t unnerving. He thinks of his childhood, filled with blooming flowers of yellow and purple and blood mixed with saliva, and can’t remember if he was as curious as the girl.

“ Everything will be fine, you see they are fine” my mother told Jorge to calm him down. She knew that it was his first born. Since I was her only child she understood Jorge.My mother always told me how speacial your first child would be.That was also where I had realized that, during that moment Jorge and my mother had actually shared a nice moment. Jorge and my mother had not really gotten along. She thought no one was good enough for Rocio. I was kind of happy to know that my family was getting closer which was a nice feeling. After three days of observation and nursing Rocio and Lindsay came home.

“Before all of the questions, I need to know what happened to my parents.” The nurse looked uncomfortable.