Imagining The Immigrant Summary

Reading Response 3

1. In “Imagining the Immigrant,” Savant’s main argument is to argue the moral aspect of the illegal immigration issue. He stresses the importance of imagination. He wants readers to imagine the difficulties that immigrants are facing in their life. Savant tries to make readers feel sympathy for the immigrants. Therefore, he provides two sad stories related to immigrant. He defenses for them and claims their desperations lead their actions. Also, He discusses law and morality. The law is not existed to represent morality. Law can maintain the order of a society, but it cannot solve any moral problems. Last, he discusses people’s reaction to thing that they don’t familiar with, and they tend to resist other cultures. Don’t

As a kid, Kelly didn’t know what his skin color meant to him, but he gradually learned it from this society. His family tried to avoid the race issue. He wasn’t born to be a Negro. He was learned to become Negro. Kelly lived a community don’t have many African American in his early age. At that time, he didn’t face much of the discrimination. Then through series of evens, like the trip to Georgia, dating a girl didn’t have the same skin color, no getting his reservation room. Kelly want readers to experience the world he once lived

In “Imagining the Immigrant,” this essay is about imagination, so the author uses lot of abstract concepts and vivid language in his essay. He has a great introduction that lead readers think about the issue immediately. Savant really inspire reader to think. He uses many metaphors in his argument. For example, “American was … a beacon to the world.” In “Race in America,” the author does not really use creative techniques, however, the author does have a very organized essay. In her first paragraph, she introduces the race inequality issue. Then she summarizes the problem in second paragraph. She uses her experience to suggest the opposite’s pint of view. After that, she proves her points. In the last paragraph, she gives suggestion to readers. It is an excellent essay. In “Breeds of America,” the author does not write his experiment in the beginning. He starts off by telling a story of an African American kid. Then he writes about the experience when he was a kid too. Then in the last paragraph, he uses his new discovery to take reader back to the current timeline. He ends his story in an interesting way. Also, I think this author really show his knowledge. There are details related to etymology. For example, he talks about the word Creole and