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Immigrants Coming From A New Country Essay

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Midterm 1, Essay 2, Question C Response If I were an immigrant coming from a foreign country there would be many questions racing through my head. How different will this strange new society be from home? Will I meet new friends? Will the people treat me with respect? Do they have good food? Are they accepting of different nationalities? How will I provide for myself? Am I making a mistake? Will I ever see my home country again? How will I communicate with my family and friends back home? Will I be able to communicate with those in my new country? These are hard questions to ask, and even harder to answer. I could image that many immigrants have faced these questions with both excitement and fear, but more importantly, with hopes of opportunity. …show more content…

This would then create opportunity to provide for themselves and their family and to offer education to their children. An immigrant could also look forward to aspects of my life that I take for granted. This includes a safe place to sleep, running water, clean water, a roof over my head, and food in my stomach. An immigrants travels could also provide shelter from a war torn country or a new start for someone who has never found success in life. Of course, there are many cons as well. Immigrants can face many dangers when immigrating to a new country, and it could be very costly. Once they got to their receiving country, work would most likely be hard work and only consist of a low skilled job. An immigrant at many times could feel lonely because they are being deprived of their home culture and customs. They would have to re-learn all the norms of society and even most likely a new language. A new set of manners and perhaps even a new set of ethics to make it in the new world. They could have no idea where to go. Socially they could be disrespected and unwanted by others in their new community and have a hard time making friends and run the risk of never seeing their family

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