The Marshall Tucker Band

The Namesake, written by Jhumpa Lahira, a famous Indian writer who won the Pulitzer Prize for her story collection Interpreter of Maladies, brilliantly illustrates the immigrant experience and the tangled ties between generations. In this novel, the main characters Ashima and her husband, Ashoke, were first generation immigrants in the United States from India. The whole story begins with Ashima's pregnancy and her nostalgia of her hometown, and a sense of melancholy revealed from the first chapter

Most people always went through an event that has a great impact on their lives, changing the very manner in which they view life and perceive it. My story might not outstanding to other people, but for me, it was a spectacular changed. For years in my life, I would never forget the first time I had my first flight. My family and I immigrated to a new country that I never thought of. Because of that flight, my life had changed from one culture to a different culture in just 24 hours on the airplane

There are 7 billion people living on this planet, and I can say that I have something in common with all of them. We have all faced challenges that have made us who we are today. For me, I have dealt with the challenge of my family’s coming to America when I was very young, with no English skills.My family and I come to the US from a refugee camp in Thailand when I was 10. My parents had fled Burma to the camp 14 years before and started their family there. I am the oldest of 6 kids - 4 of whom were

Warsan Shire once said, “No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark.” This quote refers to refugees, as they are forced out of their homeland by foreigners because their lives are endangered. In the novel “De Niro’s Game” by Rawi Hage and the article “ ‘Torture, murder, fighting ': Syrian refugee in Oswestry talks about the life they left behind,” the protagonist and the refugee both wanted to leave their country because they can escape a corrupted warzone and start a new life. The refugee

What are the characteristics of the individuals in the case study? (300 words) Carla grew up in a small coastal mining town with her Aunt, who was illiterate, due to her parents' death when she was young. The lack of education that Carla's Aunt had, impacted on the level of education Carla had. They are a part of the 32% of Australians (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2006) who live in regional and remote areas, resulting in limited access to services that could benefit them. Carla married young

Throughout life, every individual must face obstacles; some more difficult than others. In the story “The Trip” by Laila Lalami, poem “Exile” by Julia Alvarez, and article “Outlaw: My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas, there is a main character who has to face many challenges because of the fact that they’re immigrants. In all three texts, it is evident that being an immigrant has many affects on their lives. However, this label and the obstacles that come with it didn’t stop

All refugees share similar experiences when adjusting to their new way of life. A refugee is a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. When they have to move to a new country, they may not know the language. So that is an obstacle for them, learning the new language is very difficult. They also have to cope with the things they no longer have and the different culture. They have to get used to this new place and find their own new

How to move from your country/home to a new life Are you comfortable in your home with all your family and friends? Now imagine that your family tells you that you are going to another country in just 1 month, what would you do? If the answer is I don’t know, you should keep reading this. A lot of person when they receive this notice they sink and they does not see a better future in other countries and they only focus in negative things and doing that can affect how they are going to develop in

Everyone in their childhood dreams of things that they will accomplish in the future. We have the inexhaustible enthusiasm that comes from our heart. The pursuit of that dream is the hope that makes us live. We are happy about what we can become, so how to become worthy of our parents and our family, we will be proud of all of them when we realize our dreams. But we do not know the risk and obstacles that we will face along the way to that dream, or how good or bad it will be to following our personal

So many refugees are forced to leave their home, there are about 65.3 million refugees that are forced to leave their homes and are living all around the world because of natural disasters and violence that are happening in their country. Just like in the book “Inside out and Back Again” Ha had to flee the country with her mother and brother’s and knew that she had to learn the new language, customs, and try to fit in and be like everyone else. Many refugees have had their lives turned