The Grass is Greener on the other side
Doc.1: movie "the Godfather" (video)
Doc.2: poem "the New Colossus" (text)
- Statue of Liberty symbolizes hope for the immigrants
- she is the lighthorse guiding the poor and wretched
Main issues: the meaning of the Statue of Liberty for immigrants
- she will accept anyone looking for freedom
- she opens door for them
- she is American Dream
Doc.7: "Spicing up America" (text)
Main issues: Hispanic culture in the US
Doc.6: "West Side Story", America (video)
Main issues: the different opinion about the US
- some people says that America is a racist and prejudiced country
- others people says America can ofter better living conditions and believe in the American Dream
- By 2017, the US's benefits is supposed to reach $11 billion by selling hispanic products
- Americans says that it easier to cook hispanic food
- most people don't even consider Hispanic culture ethnic
Doc.8: "Underground Appeal" (text)
Main issues: people who support the hispanics
- some groups can give representation and attention to minorities like hispanics in the US
- these groups are meant to make people's mind change and gather them to the same cause
Doc.9: "Do you speak Spanglish ?" (article)
Main issues: mixing between the English and the Spanish called Spanglish
- Spanglish is used on television, in books, songs and with relatives
- people refuse to speak Spanglish with people they don't know because it's not an official language but a family language
- some people says Spanglish has no future because you have to speak English to succeed in the US
- Americans have mixed feelings about Spanglish
Doc.3: "Dont't send me back", Ellis Island (text)
Doc.4: "on free soil" (text)
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Doc.5: "out of the cage" (text)
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Doc.10: "the last of the Meheecans" (video)
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Main issues: immigrant’s arrival
- difficulties to enter the country
- immigrant’s harsh conditions
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