Janek Family Analysis

Janek’ s family is from Poland, back in the day when Janek lived in Poland, it was a developing country, the school had to be paid for, the chances of getting a job were slim to none, and the money earned was less than 3 dollars. Moving to America was very expensive on that type of pay, Janek’s father had traveled by himself to start up a job and find a house. When his father had enough money saved up he brought part of his family. Janek’s father had the enough money to have his grandma, his mom, his two sisters, and himself.
When Janek and his family went through Ellis Island they were scared because they thought only some of the family members would be able to pass and some had to go back. Fortunately everyone in his family were able to pass. When they got to the small two bedroom apartment they were amazed because the apartment had electricity. One of the sisters saw a picture of Jesus and was relieved that they could believe in whoever they want without be punished. …show more content…
After Janek’s dad was unable to work, the family started to have financial problems, and the family was struggle just to have food on the table. The father had found a guy in Wisconsin to take his daughter to be a wife, and help around the house. The father wants to do this because he wants her to have a good life, and it will be easier on the family not having to feed her every night.
Janek wanted to help his family so he decided to drop out of school and work to earn money for his father, his school teacher was upset because she believed he had potential to be better than his father, but when he quit she knew what hard it was for him to make that decision.
After years went on his family grew and he grew to be very successful with his life, and has learned to read and write English. I believe that it was all worth it because he turned out to be successful even when most of the door were shut in his