ResProj Paper Ideas

"Some even argue that the immigrants in one or more ways actually help not hurt the economy because they are more willing to do the jobs that are in high demand but not attractive enough for the majority of the population to be willing to do."

- This is the example of what would be included in my paper if I were to focus on analyzing wether or not immigrants have a negative or positive affect on our society.

"I believe that people today hold grudges against the immigrants for living in dirty conditions and in a way taking the beauty out of the neighborhoods in which they live."

- This quote shows my other option of exploring how the U.S. publics' view of immigrants has changed through out history. 

Integrating Sources

Example 2

Nazario reveals the power of these stressing emotions when she also that when she illustrates his mom’s sorrows during her babysitting job, “The girl, so close to Enrique’s age, is a constant reminder of her son. Many afternoons, Lourdes (Enrique’s mom) cannot contain her grief. She gives the girl a toy and dashes in to the kitchen. There, out of sight, tears flow” (9). As you can imagine immigrants had it rough as it is without having deep conflicts like this.

Integrating Sources

Example 1

This is held true even in the past as one can see in Riis’s book when he describes(sp) a community’s changed appearance “The garden gate no longer swung on it rusty hinges. The shell-paved walk had become an alley; what the rear house had left of a garden, a court” (5). Now that you see the similarity(ic) in how communities where negatively affected by containing immigrants and you can experience the perspective in which fellow citizens view immigrants.

English Composition: First Paragraph of my 2Syn Paper

English Composition: First Paragraph of my 2Syn Paper: How has dieting changed from Kellogg’s era to today’s generation? How has it stayed the same? By looking further into the two docume...

I feel that your first paragraph does a real good job of simply stating what your paper will be about. From reading it I can expect your paper to analyze how dieting has come up throughout history and gained public attention to the point where it is so easily evident in today's society.

First Paragraph of my 2Syn paper

For my synthesis I plan to compare and contrast Jacob Riis’s How the Other Half Lives (1890) and Sonia Nazario’s Enrique’s Journey (2002). More than a hundred years separate the time in which these two documents were published. However I believe both carry many similarities and differences that became apparent to me when I compared the two documents. A reason supporting why I believe there are similarities is because Nazario and Riis both wrote their book to raise awareness of the rough life in which most immigrants were forced to live in hopes that their writing would help bring social reform during their time. In general because of the span of time in which the two books were written, there are consequently several differences too. Through this comparison I began to grasp how they were both relevant to each other which lead me to ask several deep questions like why are immigrants in the U.S. negatively viewed by the majority of the American population throughout time, has fear of immigrants coming to the U.S. risen over the years, and what can be done to help the immigrants? These questions are very broad but at the same time they are increasingly more relevant it today’s society.

After reading this paragraph what do you think my paper is about? 

Legacy Meetup: First step in writing the 2Syn paper

I found this very helpful towards figuring out what I should focus on for my synthesis. A reason being that like the blacks in the past there were also immigrants who were mistreated and disriminated against. Now granted the immigrants were probably a good bit better off than the blacks but none the less still looked down upon and were taken advantage of. However I learned that it very important and interesting to compare how the majority of U.S. society viewed immigrants during Riis's and Nazario's (today) era. It is tough to clearly say which generation of U.S. immigrants had it worse. You cannot overlook the fact that Riis documented legal immigrants and while Nazario reported on illegal immigrants. Don't let that make you completly disregard comparing them however. Simply because it is a reflection of that time period for those immigrants. During Riis's life there was no purpose for immigrants to enter illegally because they were all mostly welcome. Today on the other hand it seems like it is the polar opposite because for example the U.S. government is funding walls to keep immigrants out. Wow this is probably what my synthesis paper will probably look like but going into more depth.

Insights from Enrique's Journey

Surprisingly, there seemed to be more similarities between Riis's How the Other Half Lives and Nazario's Enrique's Journey than what I previously thought. One big reason for this was because both authors wrote their stories for the same purpose which was to raise public awareness of the many immigrants' hardships in order to bring social reform. Nazario and Riis then hoped that the reform which occurred would help immigrants to reach their goal to live a happier life. There was no doubt that both immigrants during their separate eras struggled to fit in to society. Another similarity is that immigrants were always taken advantage of and mistreated just for someone else's greed. The effect of immigration in the U.S. regardless of when in history is noticeable. Immigration during Riis's era doubled or nearly tripled New York City's population and caused industrialization to grow at a rapid speed. Riis even shed light on how the increase in pollution from industries destroyed the beautiful elements in NY city. Now during our time the population as a nation is reaping the consequences of the massive inflow of immigrants. Unemployment is consistently rising which in turn starts degrading our economy. However I learned that the rise in immigrants is not always negative. For example the work that they are willing to do helps local businesses from where the live. Now that I think about it immigrants all came here primarily in search for a better life throughout anytime in history. The government during the two different stories contrasted very much. Today most measures by the government are to lessen the amount of people coming into the U.S. by building walls while during the mid 1800’s immigrants were freely welcome to in.