Throughout american history, many immigrants of diverse culture came to america hoping for a better life. Over the years living theire, certain groups developed different views of the American society. Some of them thought of it as a place of freedom. In the story In American Society, this is presented through many different events. The main characters father is glad to be in America and hopes that they make more money so his daughters will get to go to college. One of her fathers workers was grateful for American because he could make more money their and live a better life.Also in the color of water Rachel was grateful her children could get a better education there. Other immigratns gained a bad perspective of it because Americans often were disrespectful towards immigrants. For example, In The Color of Water, Rachel was glad her children could get a good education their, but as a teenager, she was often discriminated and treated differently. When she got married to a black man, americans rejected her and shamed her by saying mean thlings. This in some ways gave her a bad view of america.
Community can hugely be effected by it's history. It can help make it stronger and more prepared for the future. It can also change people's point of view of things. In American Society, it shows the mistreatment of their chinese family at the end. Also in the The secret Life of Bees, blacks were mistreated even after the the civil rights act was passed and over the years people had to get used to the fact that blacks deserved the same rights that they did. Also over those years many Americans learned to treat other cultures fairly as well. If none ofthis had happened we may have still had a society like this today. It also effects the community today in that we will be more prepared for change in the future years.
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