The reason why immigrants choose to come to America is being that they know have a better life here in the us. In the short story what to bring the immigrants bring things from home that remind them of their of country. A good example of immigrants bringing things to America is that ¨New arrivals have arrived with the following religious items in their luggage; a prayer book, a bible, a koran, and religious medals¨(11). Another thing that immigrants have brought are some pictures, prized possessions, and even pencil sharpeners. There's even some textual evidence of a girl who brings something rather than religious or family related. ¨A girl brought her bright yellow dress, simply because it's special¨(12). My explanation of this is that she
