Did you know that about 4.8 million Syrian refugees flee their countries looking for better opportunities for themselves. Both the pilgrims and the story of Ahmet left their countries for religious reasons and a war that was going on in Syria.
The Pilgrims and the modern day refugee story of Ahmet have some similarities. For example, they were not planning on returning back to England or Syria. The pilgrims did not want to go back because they were facing persecution because they did not want to follow their religion. Also, the pilgrims spent days traveling on the Mayflower to find somewhere they can practice their new religion. Ahmet had spent 8,000 dollars on himself to leave Syria and travel to Italy. He has no choice but to leave because
The article Fleeing Terror, Finding Refuge by Paul Salopek; reflects more on Salopek interviewing or meeting people who are refugees and what has happened while fleeing from Syria. In Turkey, Syrian, Salopek mentions how the refugees are escaping from the Islamic State, whom are destroying cities and killing innocent people. Refugees would leave in cars, delivery vans, or even pickup trucks so they can get to the border, but when arriving to the border Turks would not allow certain vehicles to pass so they would take them away
The Pilgrims were mostly come from poor-class people (working people, peasants), and they weren't well-educated. This was in contrast with the Puritan people who were upper to middle class people with good academy education (in fact more than 100 of the Puritans were graduated from Oxford or
The path of the modern pilgrim can be as self-realizing as those who follow the path of saints. Matt says he has come to know himself intimately by walking in the shoes of over 8.4 million New Yorkers. Dalya has found peace and freedom that lies within her, irrespective of worldly comforts. Indeed, the message of these pilgrims is that life itself can be a pilgrimage—if we just surrender to it.
Imagine this. You’re rapidly fleeing your home country, sprinting as your life depended on it, which it did. The memories of the terrible war, still pounding in your head. The piercing roar of the gunshots. The gruesome red blood, glistening in the sunlight. You need to go, go to a free country, a land where everything is safe and sound, and not demolished like your home. You need to go, you need to leave Syria.
The Pilgrims were the england men and women that sailed to North America. They also were the people that helped establish North America.
The reason behind Syrians fleeing their home country is to get away from the absolute violence, Syrian civil war has caused, the collapsing infrastructure of the country, and to keep children safe.The outbreak of a civil war in March 2011 caused 9 million Syrians to leave since then (“Syrian Refugees: A Snapshot of the Crisis – in the Middle East and Europe” 1). The Syrian Civil War has left more than two-hundred forty thousand people dead, including twelve thousand children.
Coming out of the harsh winter almost killed the entire pilgrim village. It was not until Natives of the land help the Pilgrim people. This was the route to their survival. It was, "The Wampanoag who lived in the area taught the Pilgrims how to smoke and dry indigenous meat and fish and how to plant the three sisters - corn, beans, and squash - in mounds fertilized by fish and blessed by powdered tobacco, which is also a natural insect repellent." (post-gazette.com). The enormous help not only gave the pilgrims a fighting chance to live but a step to follow their dream. To go from, sea to shining sea, without the Natives, the Pilgrims would not have been able to keep their dream going and would have died or worse, giving up on their dream.
The English settlers and Native Americans had a relatively good relationship in 1621, around the time of the first Thanksgiving. However, their relationship fell apart between 1621 and 1675-1676 or the first Thanksgiving and King Philip’s War. Both sides were at fault for specific incidents which caused outbreak and a weaker relationship. However, the next generation Natives and Pilgrims such as King Philip, Alexander, and the young Pilgrims were most to blame because they had no respect or trust, and instead of helping each other they went against each other. Before they came to power, life in the New World was peaceful and these two groups of very different people were able to not only get along but become friendly with each other.
“Being thus left to our fortunes,” said Captain John Smith, as he and his men struggled against all odds to break free from England and begin their own colonization, was the way the Jamestown colony got along. Extremely similar to this was how the Plymouth Plantation pilgrims felt as well. The two these groups were filled with people who were determined to free themselves from their tyrant leaders control and grip on them. The two groups of people had the same goal in mind, but achieved it through different methods and went through different struggles, with few similarities here and there, this is how it all happened. First one should know who each captain was. The one leading the Jamestown Colonist was named John Smith and the man leading the Plymouth Plantation pilgrims was named William Bradford.
Since grade school we have been told the story of the Pilgrims, and their journey to the New World. In William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation we see a different side of the Pilgrims. The book shows their experience in England, the hardships they faced during the journey and once in the New World, and their first encounters with the Native Americans.
The similarity between these refugees is that they both came in a boat. The reason they came in a boat is because it was the only way to get where they wanted to go. The pilgrims came from England to Massachusetts. The Hosein came from Iran and sunk on July 11 2014. As you can see both refugees
In 1621, the Plymouth Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians gathered to share in an autumn harvest feast we know today as Thanksgiving. The term thanksgiving wasn’t thought of until the Civil War in 1863 when Abraham Lincoln proclaimed it a national day in November. Peace and thanksgiving among the Indians and the Pilgrims would cease to exist if it wasn’t for the Mayflower which carried the passengers ashore.
Attention getter- Have you ever been forced to leave your hometown without committing any crimes or doing something wrong? Imagine yourself waking up one day, seeing that you are in the middle of the war with people running around and screaming for their lives. Such incident may seem very unlikely to happen to you however, the people of Syria have been experiencing it for almost everyday of their lives. .
The Syrian refugee crisis has received massive media coverage. People around the world are trying to comprehend the desperate, complicated situation surrounding Syria. The civil war in Syria is the worst crisis in our time. Syrians upset at the fact that long promised reforms have not been enacted, began anti-government demonstrations which started the civil war in 2011. The peaceful protests turned ugly, with the government violently putting an end to those protests. Afterward, ordinary citizens took arms, causing the situation to escalate. Syrians are fleeing their homes because of the great violence, which have left thousands dead and millions wounded, a collapsed infrastructure, resulting in a shattered economy, and for the safety of the children. Syrians are either streaming to surrounding countries or risking their lives to travel to Europe.
In addition, illegal immigrants are increasing as a result of war in other countries. According to CNN News in Syria, an anti-regime uprising that started in March 2011 has spiraled into civil war. More than 250,000 Syrians have lost their lives in four-and-a-half years of armed conflict. More than 11 million others have been forced from their homes as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and those opposed to his rule battle each other. People are fighting with neighbors all over the world. Every moment the fear of death is a present reality. No one can lead a normal life. They do not have enough food to survive. Thousands of children have seen parents killed or die at an early age themselves. These conflicts affect many cultures. Some people have decided to escape at any cost. Faez, a Syrian refugee, decided to flee Syria after he was detained and accused of being a terrorist. An