Immigration Synthesis Essay

Immigration impacts people and countries in many ways, this is why it is so oftenly talked about in today's society. In many books and other texts immigration is a major subject. Even though many texts have immigration as a subject it is often portrayed very differently. An example is the texts “Red Umbrella”, and “A Band-Aid for 800 Children”, The way immigration is portrayed in similar and different ways. In “Red Umbrella” the subject of immigration is portrayed in ways that are different from “A Band-Aid for 800 Children”. For example, in the text “Red Umbrella” the parents are sending the children alone to immigrate to the US for the children’s own good and safety. This supports the thesis because the parents are choosing to send the children to the US alone. Another example in the text “Red Umbrella” the story is told from the children's perspective of entering the US. This supports the thesis because the text is told from the children's point of view of immigrating to the US. A final example from the text “Red Umbrella” is the author has a positive …show more content…
First, in “A Band-Aid for 800 Children” the kids were left in the US because their parents were deported and wanted the kids to stay for a better life. This evidence supports the thesis because the parents chose to leave their kids behind instead of sending them there alone like in “Red Umbrella”. Second, in “A Band-Aid for 800 Children” it is mostly told in the children's perspective who were left in the US. This again supports the thesis because it is told from the children's point of view of being in foster care and being left unlike in “Red Umbrella”. Lastly, in “A Band-Aid for 800 Children” the authors point of children separating from their parents during immigration is negative. This finally supports the thesis because the author portrays separation in immigration from a negative