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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