Quote #1 “Your father and his brothers and your grandfather and his brothers and your aunt's new husband sailed for America, the Golden Mountain.” Said the mom, on page 3 in the middle of paragraph 2Significance: I think that this quote is significance because all the people and the whole family are going to America. They referred America as the Golden Mountain. I think that there saying that America is everything they could have in life and the America is the best think in life.
Connection: This quote relates to me because all my family members were immigrated here to the U.S. they all came here to have a better life and a better future. They also think that American is the best state to be in because life is easier here.
Question #1: What do you think it would happened is a whole family try to immigrate to another country and they sold everything to come to the country they wanted. And after a few months they were sent back to their country were they come from and they don’t have anything?
Quote #2 “I remember looking at your aunt one day when she and I were dressing I had not noticed before that she had such a protruding melon of a stomach. But I did not think she’s pregnant until she began to look like other pregnant women her shirt pulling and the white tops of her black pants showing. She could not be pregnant you see because her husband had been gone for years. No one said anything. We did not discuss it. In early summer she was ready to have the child long after time when it could have been possible.” Said by the Author, on Page 3 last paragraph
Significance: This quote is significance because all the ladies would make anything so that no one knows that there pregnant. They will eat anything to look there self more fat and people won’t notice. Some ladies would have a baby with another person that is not there husband because they want to forget him.
Connection: I have a cousin that is 18 and she was pregnant and we didn’t knew after she was about to give birth because we thought that she was getting fatter because she was eating a lot of food. She had a boyfriend and her boyfriend went to Mexico because something was wrong with his family. After a year my cousin gave birth and it wasn’t with his boyfriend it was with another guy that she meet a couple of day after her boyfriend left.
Question #2: What would you think if your cousin had a baby with another guy that is not her boyfriend or husband?
2 comments:
Quote #1: I agree with you that they called America the "Golden Mountain" because they think that they can have a better life there. But I am not sure if the entire family is moving to America yet.
Question #1: I think that would be a terrible thing that your family gives up everything to move to America, and they are sent back. That would also suck because now you don’t have anything in your home country.
Quote #2: I agree with you that a lot of woman try not to look pregnant when they truly are. I think that this is because of possible embarrassment and harassment from other people.
Question #2: I would be a little worried if my cousin had a baby, but not with her husband. I would be worried because that is a crime, and people might be out to search for her because of it.
Kevin, the connection was very cool. I enjoyed reading that because i wasn't sure if that is how everyone fealt about the U.S.
I think you picked the same quote as Ben so i guess i agree with you guys about the golden mountain part. That the U.S. was called the golden mountain because it is "better" than other counties. It might also be called that because of the gold rush.
I would try not to get into the problem. I would just stay out of it because i have learned that sometimes if you don't do anything everything turns out fine.
I think that it would be a real tragedy. I also think that they would make sure that they would for sure not be sent back before they sold all of their belongings. I want to know what made you think of this question.
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