Coming to America

someone who withholds this awe-inspiring power. It’s as if they have the capability to step into another person’s shoes, live their life, and face little to no consequences when doing so. Twenty-eight years ago, Eddie Murphy released his ambitious and now beloved comedy, Coming to America. Coming to America follows Prince Akeem and Semmi’s journey to the unfamiliar place of Queens, New York from Zamunda, Africa in hopes to fulfill Prince Akeem’s desire to blissfully fall in love. Overall, Coming to America’s ensemble cast did an excellent job exemplifying America’s 1980’s exuberance, which boosted Murphy’s career and revolutionized a beginning…

anxious to cross the border to the U.S. There was at least 840 people caught a day trying to cross the border(Jarvie). The American dream is amazing, who wouldn't want to live it ? Come to America, a beautiful place that is worth fighting for. We have many problems, but we also have lots of hope in our country. Meanwhile, the U.S. is a wonderful and free place to live an intelligent life. Neil Diamond was excited about the American dream. “Coming to America” was an incredible song that…

I was born and raised in Puerto Rico until I was 9 years old. The lifestyle, and the cultural customs in the island are very different from the American culture. Coming to America was a mix of emotion. I was sad to leave my family and friends behind for what I later learned in life, was for a better future. It was hard to leave the house that I grew up in for 9 years of my life. It was hard to leave the fresh country air and friendly neighbors, that where more like family then friends. But I…

My journey began two years ago, when I moved to the United States after going through a lot of process and security checks and after waiting for almost five years finally my family and I made it to the United States. Coming to America affected my family and me with some good and in a bad ways, one of the good ways America has affected my family and me is we finally feel safe and we’re not afraid that we might get killed or bombed in any second, one of the worst ways is America an open country…

I still remember the first year when I came to America. Before this trip. I was nervous but most of was happy. I looked forward to seeing and feeling everything in that new place. In my mind, there were big house, fashion city and handsome American boys. I had a big plan about this upcoming new life. But life is unknown, you never know what is going to happen next；Life is also not as simple as you think. I changed and gained most important gift in the last ten months in Florida, America. It is…

I am not sitting on the cold dirt ground, freezing. I am not begging for clothing. I am not homeless, I am not hungry. I have an education at a great school. I have a warm place to come home to everyday, and a family who welcomes me. I sit down at dinner and eat a big meal. Some children don’t have the things that I have. They don’t have an education, or a warm house. Some don’t even have families to go home to. I live in America where safety and homes are plentiful. I’ve been gifted the…

Coming to America was a terrifying and uncertain journey for my parents, who came to the United States as young adults. Despite the dangers, it was a risk that they were willing to take to ensure their family with a better future. As children, my siblings and I were told stories of what our parents had to endure while growing up in Mexico and what was required of them from a young age. Throughout the years, they taught us to aim for the impossible and not to settle for less than what we had the…

and continue to do that until their last breath. They commit to a plethora of sacrifices for their children that are absolutely unbelievable and overwhelming. As for my lovely parents, they are the perfect candidates because they have given up their completely fine lives to come to America to simply give me and my brother a better and successful life. They did not even think for a second how it could negatively or positively impact their lives as well as my brother’s and mines. More importantly,…

let nearly all of those people in. “The number of refugees resettled in America have dropped from about 85,000 in 2016 to 28,000 in 2017.” (Connor). If this continues, then the refugee population rise even higher than it is now because it will be harder for them to find new homes. It is predicted that the number of refugees coming to America will drop even lower than it already is. Back in January 2017, President Trump suspended resettlement in America for 120 days but was overruled by the…

citizens wanting to come to America. Some citizens have a hard time getting to America cause of America, and some countries citizens have a hard time getting here from their own countries. Oksana’s coming to the United States was not the easiest and I’m going to discuss how that is. Immigration is a real problem for many foreign citizens like Oksana and her family, and it is a real problem in the United States also. In the book American Gypsy, it jumped right into Oksana and her family getting…