The poem, “The New Colossus, by Emma Lazarus promises hope for immigrants coming to America, but did America really live up to the promise of this poem? Emma Lazarus was an American-Jewish poet. This poem is explaining to the readers on how the Statue of Liberty was brought to America along with why it was brought to American. Also, it gave us information on who actually got it over to America and who the statue is made of. A statue that was made of her was donated to an auction of art and literacy
a second chance at a happy life. As immigrants started to come to America, the so-called “Land of the Free”, they were happy and excited, but as soon as they entered the “Golden Gate” it was not what they expected. The Statue of Liberty gave the immigrants hope, for being safe in America. The way the immigrants were treated and views will be discussed in three different texts, a poem, a photograph, and a speech. In the poem “The New Colossus 1883” Emma Lazarus, she talks about one of the greatest
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was a law that was passed that aimed for the Chinese Immigrant laborers. It stopped any future immigration from China for 10 years. Thus making the Chinese that were already living in the United States, permanent aliens by denying them the right to gain citizenship. The purpose of Saum Song Bo’s letter was to speak for his countrymen of how they felt about the irony and injustice of Americans asking them for donations for the “Pedestal Fund of the Bartholdi Statue
The 1800’s in America was a very odd time period. We wanted immigrants to come to America, yet we didn't take care of some of the people that were already in it or even give them the option of the promise that we provided others. But, what was that promise? America wanted people to come to help build it up. The Statue of Liberty was a major part of the promise, she was the symbolism of the promise for the immigrants, she was a symbolism of hope, and that you needed to work hard in order to fulfill