People flee their country to get away from persecution and religious adversity. Although that journey is not easy by any means it is dangerous and long. In the book From There To Here The Immigrant Experience uses personal experiences to empathize with others.
In the story “Immigrant Kids” written by Russell Freedman the life of kids with different cultures is a struggle that can be a journey to adapt to. Between 1880 and 1920 23 million immigrants have entered this country by long ship rides and staying in harsh living conditions. Most of that 23 million have came through America’s busiest port at New York known as Ellis Island. Ellis Island is very difficult to get through they do thoro test on your health, ability to speak english, and your ethnicity. People are usually very flustered when they go through ellis island. As one can see that kids lives can be a hard struggle and that adapting to a new culture can be frightening.
In the story “The Pogroms Were All Around Us” by Shmuel Goldman the American culture can affect immigrants in a good or bad way. Our culture now has changed tremendously from the past. We used to treat jews like the plaque and made life on them very harsh. Our religious groups of America would chase down jews in the streets and beat them. Now our culture has changed but we still have very…show more content… 4,000 victims have been in mass executions which is a reason why immigrants are scared to leave their country to a new one. At least 12 nations have taken in refugees from their war torn countries. Immigrants are very fearful due to the fact that they don't know whether or not they're going to a better place. Some are worried about the dangers of leaving their country and the consequences that they might have to face. The journey of immigrating from culture to culture can be dangerous and fearsome but it is worth it in the long
