The first generation was during the Gilded Age and was focused on Kracha. He is a first generation immigrant and feels alienation in his new home in America. He expresses his struggles within his workplace and the everyday challenges of inequality that he felt during his early life in America. The next generation was born in America and they are considered citizens. They do not face the same identity issues as their parents and grandparents have and are accustomed to life in America. Dobie’s generation demands and gets more benefits through the Union, and by the end of the book, Dobie is organizing the labor movement. Dobey sees the past as a great thing that shaped his present, and he is also thankful of what his grandfather, Kracha, went through so that he could have the opportunity to live in an equal world in the present
The first generation was during the Gilded Age and was focused on Kracha. He is a first generation immigrant and feels alienation in his new home in America. He expresses his struggles within his workplace and the everyday challenges of inequality that he felt during his early life in America. The next generation was born in America and they are considered citizens. They do not face the same identity issues as their parents and grandparents have and are accustomed to life in America. Dobie’s generation demands and gets more benefits through the Union, and by the end of the book, Dobie is organizing the labor movement. Dobey sees the past as a great thing that shaped his present, and he is also thankful of what his grandfather, Kracha, went through so that he could have the opportunity to live in an equal world in the present