Italian American

our values and traditions. Foremost, my father being Mexican and mother being Italian. It is very important that we as a family maintain the importance of socialization as well. My parents in America are water…

pulls inspiration for his movies from his own life experience, and as an Italian-American growing up in 1940s and 50s New York, he has a great source of characters and environments to pull from. This essay will examine Martin Scorsese’s life and show how he uses his life to create great movies. The unique environment Scorsese was raised in led him to pursue a career in film…

The American and Italian Government The world is full of many governments that have different types of structure. The Italian and the United States structure covenidarilly have the same fundamental. Even with that they run their government uniquely. The United States and the Italian Legislature and individual rights are similar but do differ from each other. The citizens of the United States religion does not affect the government or the citizen rights. In the United States they have a the…

impossible to reach. This quote also represents a topic seen in the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald which is the corruption of the American Dream. It connects to this because it shows how society will always try to achieve their dreams, even if it means that have to “play dirty” and use others in order to achieve their life-long dream. The American Dream is to be wealthy and many people will take advantage of others for their own selfish…

diversity can be attributed to the huge waves of immigrants, who remolded it with their values, ideals, and beliefs and developed the authenticity. During the early 20th century, a lot of Italians and Jews relocated to Bensonhurst. According to Foner’s “Transnationalism, Old and New: New York Immigrants,” former Italian and Jewish immigrants were compelled to come to America due to push and pull factors. They came in hopes of a better life for themselves and their families, and continued to…

Italian neorealism which is also known as the “Golden Age of Italian Cinema”, was a national film movement characterised by the stories set among the poor and working Italian class, mostly filmed on location and frequently using non-professional actors. Italian neorealism films mostly dealt with the difficult economic and moral conditions of post-war Italy, representing changes in the Italian mind and conditions of daily life, including the issues of poverty, oppression, injustice, and…

In “History of Italian Immigration”, Alexandra Molnar introduces readers to a new era of immigration, known as ‘New Immigration’, which resulted in America opening up its gates to millions of Italian immigrants, among others. This foreign population consisted of two classes: laborers, and the more elite and educated craftsman. Molnar goes on to explain, that considering the massive influx of Italians to America, they made up a significant amount of the work force, integrating into society as…

brought with them the values of their homeland, many of which were centered on their devotion to their Catholic faith and to their families. The American-born children of these immigrants often felt oppressed by and disconnected from their parents’ values and ideals, and tensions between the immigrants and their children often ran high. While the Italian immigrants were devoted to their faith and on conscious, intentional, and spiritual levels, it seems that many of their children continued…

Southern Italy. The increase in people different than the W.A.S.P.s caused them to fear that they may lose some of their power. In order to protect their place in America, they used the media to spread stereotypes about these new groups to show other Americans that the…

The period of Medieval Art has many sub categories, one of which is Byzantine art, which originally spawned from Greek and Roman styles. During the medieval times artworks such as paintings and sculptures in the round were no longer being created, so the arts of the time were often mosaics (on the interior walls of churches), manuscripts in richly decorated bibles and architecture. Mosaics, specifically, changed over this period. Transforming from the classical style of the Greeks and Romans,…