Ellis Island

living wages in America. The speakers share one common theme. They were forced to come to America from where they was before. All three authors was too young to make their own decisions. In the poems “Ellis Island” by: Joseph Bruchac in stanza 1 line 1 “beyond the red brick of Ellis Island”. Bruchac came from Europe to America because his grandparents come to America. “On Being Brought from…

country. I was awoken from my haze by a man yelling at me “ come here” I walked over and said, “ yes”, he said” I work for a newspaper company and I noticed that you don't look like the normal new yorker” I said “ I'm from Germany, I came through Ellis Island” , “great” he said cheerfully “ come with me”. He motioned his hand inside this building with big blue sign with red writing that said New York Newspaper. The walls was a cream colored like sand, the wood creaked as we walled down this…

how we should go to Ellis Island we all agreed so mom and dad where like Okay lets do it. We where all getting packed I was packing my Clothes and a Picture of my friends and family just in case we get stranded and we don't get to come back that is the only thing I'm scared of that I may not ever come back to my friends and family. It was getting late so I better go to bed so I could get up and time and we can catch the bus. Its January 1st 1989 we are on the bus to Ellis Island we all got…

little girl Emma. My mom was the first to hold my little girl. My mom was whispering to her and I asked her if she would tell her about Ellis Island and why she came. Everybody came and sat down to listen my mom use to tell me this all the time. My mom started like this, I was sixteen and pregnant with Tiffany (which was me) and everybody was talking about how Ellis Island is better because they could have what every religion they wanted and they had more jobs. I asked how much the 3rd class…

just to name a few. In some countries, they do not have any of these. As Americans we grow up thinking our freedoms are our unalienable rights nature but, in fact, they are not. One of the places in New York we see this represented most is Ellis Island. Ellis Island was the “gateway to America” for…

That’s how bad some immigrant’s boats were to get to Ellis or Angel Island. Angel Island and Ellis Island are the same in many ways but different in others. The two Islands were both immigration immigration stations in the U.S.A. United States. Ellis Island is located in a New York Harbor. Angel Island is located in San Francisco Bay, California. Angel Island was open from about 1910~-1940. Ellis Island was open from 1892~-1954. Angel Island was designed to process Chinese immigrants after the…

Ellis island It was an aggressive and restless night. We were huddled up next to the family cow, it was dying .We used to have 9 cows, but some kind of decease of the brain killed most of them he was the last one. My brother Herman ate one of the cows once it died, he later died now its just me, Jagger,and parents. We are going to America as soon as the last cow gets sold its exploiting somebody but it must be done. I put my face in the cow and pet her and say “Ich liebe dich Kuh “ she let…

Ellis Island is an island located in New York Harbor and sits right next to the Statue of Liberty. The island is most well-known as the gateway for millions of immigrants arriving in America. The island opening in 1892 and existed for more than sixty years before closing in 1954. When “new” immigrants came to America, they were determined to be fit for entry at the immigration station at Ellis Island. Thousands of people passed through the island every day. The island is remember as the first…

boat. The ferryboat finally arrived and we hopped on. We all battled with our luggage and eventually sat down. We all talked and socialized and before we knew it, we were there. Officers greeted us as we walked off the boat and into the great Ellis Island. The officers had also handed each and every one of us a number tag. It must have been to identify us. I'm just glad that I spoke English, because the people who didn't, had…

Ellis Island was one of the main points of entry into the United States and immigrants arrived here from their long journey at sea dirty and unkempt. Today they fly in on planes arriving at our international airports. The trip is much shorter and they are groomed and dress with the latest fashions (Foner, N. 2000). Back in the 1900’s immigrants came mostly from Europe. They came to the United States to escape from crop failure in their homeland. There were also land and job shortages along…