Finding A New Home

Finding A New Home

Why would someone leave his or her home and culture behind to start a new life in an unknown backdrop? Some people come to work and start a better life while others leave their home due to persecution. Some have even come to America against their own will. Either way any one who comes to this country faces problems but eventually finds a home in America. Nicholas Gage in “The Teacher Who Changed My Life” came to America due to political persecution. Charles Ball in “Slave Ship” was brought over in a terrible journey as a slave. Miguel Torres in “Crossing the Border” leaves a poverty stricken country to make more money in a mushroom plant in America. Bharati Mukherjee in “Dreaming Big Dreams” leaves India to start a life separate from the ideals of her strict and wealthy family. My father Bob Smith, who was interviewed for this paper, came to America from England to escape a poverty striking country. All of the people mentioned share a...