John F. Kennedy once stated, “We are the Nation of Immigrants.” Immigrants referring to; people who move to a foreign country in hopes of finding a better life for themselves. With this, everyone who has moved to America was at one point an immigrant. Some families have been in America for hundreds of years, while other family have been here for just days. But nonetheless, we are all immigrants. Many immigrants came to America in search of a better life, but found themselves unwanted by the American people. Many have been scapegoated for wrong doings they did not commit. The Mexican immigrants have been blamed for taking American jobs, and bringing drugs and crime to America. The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, tells the story of 17th century Salem
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The people of Salam Massachusetts believed some of the women were witches and prosecuted them for being different. The definition of the word witch is; a woman thought to have evil magic powers. The women were scapegoated by other people in the town. It seems easier to pass the blame onto someone else, then admit your own wrong doings. Mexican Immigrants have been wrongfully prosecuted in a similar way as the Salem witches. The witches of Salem, and the Mexican immigrants were both misunderstood and scapegoated for looking and being different. In 1602 the first immigrants came to America from England. These were mostly protestants wanting religious freedom from the Church of England. They sailed to America with hopes of a better life. They built their houses, farmed the land, and tried to provide for their families. The first Mexican immigrants came to America after the Spanish Revolution. In 1810, Napoleon starting conquering some of Spain’s European territories, causing Spain to loose power. The New Spain territories in the Americas took advantage of this power loss and started to revolt. On September 16, 1810, Mexico gained their independence. In more recent times, there were four waves of Immigrants from Mexico. Before World …show more content…
People saw how they were different, and killed them for it. For example, in the end of the play, it shows John Procter and his wife Elizabeth finally excepting their situation. They were both wrongfully prosecuted as witches and were sentenced to death. But they never lied about who they were, as stated by John, “It is hard to give a lie to dogs”(Miller, 126) showing that they are done fighting, and going to do what is right for them. If that means dying to save their name, that is what they would do. Immigrants have not been faced with huge mass murder. However, innocent hardworking immigrants are continuously prosecuted and deported back to
The people of Salam Massachusetts believed some of the women were witches and prosecuted them for being different. The definition of the word witch is; a woman thought to have evil magic powers. The women were scapegoated by other people in the town. It seems easier to pass the blame onto someone else, then admit your own wrong doings. Mexican Immigrants have been wrongfully prosecuted in a similar way as the Salem witches. The witches of Salem, and the Mexican immigrants were both misunderstood and scapegoated for looking and being different. In 1602 the first immigrants came to America from England. These were mostly protestants wanting religious freedom from the Church of England. They sailed to America with hopes of a better life. They built their houses, farmed the land, and tried to provide for their families. The first Mexican immigrants came to America after the Spanish Revolution. In 1810, Napoleon starting conquering some of Spain’s European territories, causing Spain to loose power. The New Spain territories in the Americas took advantage of this power loss and started to revolt. On September 16, 1810, Mexico gained their independence. In more recent times, there were four waves of Immigrants from Mexico. Before World …show more content…
People saw how they were different, and killed them for it. For example, in the end of the play, it shows John Procter and his wife Elizabeth finally excepting their situation. They were both wrongfully prosecuted as witches and were sentenced to death. But they never lied about who they were, as stated by John, “It is hard to give a lie to dogs”(Miller, 126) showing that they are done fighting, and going to do what is right for them. If that means dying to save their name, that is what they would do. Immigrants have not been faced with huge mass murder. However, innocent hardworking immigrants are continuously prosecuted and deported back to