Many immigrants came and still continue to come to America. People came to America because of its freedom and all the opportunity. Many immigrants left their country because they couldn?t get a job, didn?t like the rules that they were forced to live under, or because they were being persecuted. Immigrants came to America to get away from all their difficulties and to start a new life in when they arrived in the US; unfortunately they also found a new set of difficulties.
Many genres of literature and films have immigration as their main topic. An example is in the two poems ?Immigrants? one by Pat Mora and the May Flower circulation poem by Robert Frost.
Pat Mora?s poem is about how immigrants who came over and try to make their children as American as they can. They are so anxious for them to be a part of the American society. For example the first two lines are: ?wrap their babies in the American flag, feed them mashed hot dogs an apple pie.? She used these lines in her poem to express that immigrant parents fed their children American food and taught them to
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