Scott Sanders Response To Moving

For some they returned having never reached this goal, for others they ended up staying in America, but for many of these immigrants they did reach their goal and after doing so, returned home. These immigrants were temporary migrants that had caught “America fever”. (p. 16) Temporary migration had been going on before this time, but it wasn’t until the invention of the steam engine that migrant workers began to voyage across the seas. Many of these poor European’s that migrated to the United States did so to make money to go back home and buy land. Not all of them had this goal, some saved money to start-up or buy a business. Whether they were going back to buy land or expand land they already had, or they were going to use the money to start a business these remigrants all had one thing in common. Wyman writes of the Hungarian emigrant’s experiences; “they would soon return with the money made overseas to make a better life for themselves in the environment they were attached to, the place where they wanted to live.”(p. 49). Because many of these European immigrants only stayed in America a short time many native-born Americans began to have hostilities toward these new immigrants in terms of the American Labor Movement, assimilation politics and nativist’s movements.

The impacts of the Great Migration and Second Migration are still being portrayed in American society. These movements have produced the first vast,

Sanders uses rhetorical questions in the passage to cause the reader to further ponder upon why individuals rooting themselves in ideas posses negative impacts, while individuals rooting themselves in places has positive impacts. In the passage the author notes, “But who would pretend that a history of migration has immunized the United States against bigotry?” (Sanders 40-41). This piece of text in the passage easily displays the use of a rhetorical question because Sanders is

Immigration is an issue that many people see as small and insignificant. Many believe that it doesn’t concern or affect them in any shape or form. Truth is, it doesn’t matter if you're African American, Caucasian, Asian, Mexican, or another race, immigration is an issue that affects everyone. Immigration affects the economy, the workforce, families, and the individual’s themselves whose main goal and dream is the “American Dream” that they come to the US looking for.

Thesis: People have been immigrating to the US for decades and is something our nation was founded on; however, when it is left unregulated, it can have many adverse affects.

As well as attacking the habits of others, Sanders uses his own experiences to illustrate his way of life, writing, “The longing to become an inhabitant rather than a drifter sets me against the current of my culture” (18). Sanders’s statement that he, unlike others, has managed to resist the “current” of his culture that forces people to be transient creates the impression that he is preaching about his superior method of living. He thereby suggests that he is better than all of the others who do follow the call that inspires people to move. At the end of his piece, Sanders makes his argument even more moralistic by tying the desire to move to a lack of spiritualism. He makes an allusion to idolism in declaring, “Only by knocking against the golden calf of mobility, which looms so large and shines so brightly, have

In the article, Sanders uses strategies to explain his perspective about moving. The strategies that he uses eloquently defend and stat his perspective. In his perspective, which is to become an inhabitant and not a migrant, it follows to what Rushdie wrote in his essay. Sanders has used the strategies logos, pathos, and illustration with some of the facts that Rushdie wrote in his essay. In the following paragraphs, I will list the strategies and the information with each strategy that show Sanders perspective of being an inhabitant.

Migration in  the  United States, the exodus  of more  than  six million black Americans out

In the United States, the cliché of a nation of immigrants is often invoked. Indeed, very few Americans can trace their ancestry to what is now the United States, and the origins of its immigrants have changed many times in American history. Despite the identity of an immigrant nation, changes in the origins of immigrants have often been met with resistance. What began with white, western European settlers fleeing religious persecution morphed into a multicultural nation as immigrants from countries across the globe came to the U.S. in increasing numbers. Like the colonial immigrants before them, these new immigrants sailed to the Americas to gain freedom, flee poverty and

In Literature, rhetorical devices are often used to place emphasis on certain ideas or descriptions, to make an idea clearer, or to provide insight and to smoothly relate topics. Throughout his collection of essays, Scott Russell Sanders utilizes rhetorical devices in order to make his statements and ideas more vivid and clear for the reader. The rhetorical devices offer a more descriptive and insightful look into Sanders’ thoughts on his childhood, personality, and view of the world around him. Throughout the book, Sanders’ uses rhetorical devices ranging from allusions of events and people from the past to employing a varied tone in order give the audience a clear view into his thoughts

From the 19th century to the present day there has been a massive migration from Mexico to the United States of America. There have been many causes for this migration from the Mexican Revolution to the need for laborers in the United States. This migration has brought benefits as well as problems like the thousands of unaccompanied children currently crossing the border to the United States.

After the Civil War, there was a large amount of immigration comming into America from other countries. This continued THroughout World War I and even a little after. Immigrants came from many countries during this time. People came mainly from countries such as Germany, Ireland, Great Britian, Asia, and other Eastern European countries. The immigrants faced many hardships before they came to America, on their way to America, and once they got in America. The reason many people immigrated to America was due to poverty, famine, and perscecution. This was only the begginning of their hardships. The passage to America was often unsanitary with little food as well while they were in cramped spaces. Once many Immigrants got to America, they faced

In his response, Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World, to an essay by Salman Rushdie about the advantages of migrating, Scott Sanders disagrees with Rushdie and says that Americans adhere to the idea of exploring new and unexpected things. He believes that Americans and others should stop shifting ground and cease migrating to respect our surroundings and settle down. Sanders references past events and use diction to develop his perspective on his response. Throughout the passage, Sanders uses a respectful yet condescending tone.

Immigration to America is often a decision made in order to discover a better life for a family or individual. America’s founding ideals are usually what compel foreigners to move to the US. The stories of America being the “Land of Opportunity” have continued to persuade people to immigrate. Although immigration in the 20th century is much different from recent immigration, the underlying reasons for moving to the US are usually quite similar.

The Great Migration brought about changes that would bring prosperity to most, but little did they know, it would come with a price. That price was endured through various social, economic, and political challenges that occurred during this harsh time in black history. Many opportunities were available for families that would travel far to take advantage of opportunities that would start a new beginning. The Great Migration was a movement of hope that there is a land that is free of oppression and strife. However, black families in the north faced issues that were troubling and contradicting to their belief of the north. Their thoughts of living racism free and gaining economic power was far fetch when they experienced the challenges of the north. The challenges blacks faced during the Great Migration paved the way for numerous opportunities and breakthroughs we have experienced and have not experienced today.