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I was kind of amused by the accents, as well, and particularly the use of Irish language phrases, which she spells phonetically. Granted, Irish (Gaelic) is not easy for English speakers to read, so this makes sense, but she doesn't translate them, either, which seems like it would be useless to most readers. I'm learning Irish, and the phrases are basic enough that I mostly knew what they meant, but I wonder how common that knowledge is, or whether the inclusion of foreign words is just meant to give a particular flavor to the dialogue. | I was kind of amused by the accents, as well, and particularly the use of Irish language phrases, which she spells phonetically. Granted, Irish (Gaelic) is not easy for English speakers to read, so this makes sense, but she doesn't translate them, either, which seems like it would be useless to most readers. I'm learning Irish, and the phrases are basic enough that I mostly knew what they meant, but I wonder how common that knowledge is, or whether the inclusion of foreign words is just meant to give a particular flavor to the dialogue. | ||
On another subject, the beginning of the reading makes it very clear how unprepared immigrants could be for the realities of life in America. The woman who plans to find her son is a perfect example of this, as she is unaware how far apart New York and Ohio are. It makes me think that culture shock must have been particularly bad for people who were arriving with so little idea of life in the US. --Rebecca W. | On another subject, the beginning of the reading makes it very clear how unprepared immigrants could be for the realities of life in America. The woman who plans to find her son is a perfect example of this, as she is unaware how far apart New York and Ohio are. It makes me think that culture shock must have been particularly bad for people who were arriving with so little idea of life in the US. --Rebecca W. | ||
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| + | What I found really interesting was how excited to everyone was to be leaving for America. It was one big adventure and everyone's lives were going to be improved, or so they thought. But while i really felt that sense of adventure waiting for them I also kept thinking in my head of everything we have learned of in the past week, of the real conditions of these ships, the number of people that died and the harsh reality of being in a new country and not really being excepted. It made me think, were people really that excited to leave and go to America? And then, How could they not be? It was the land of opportunity. --Jennifer S. | ||
== Jannicke Saehle, 1847, Norwegian immigrant’s letters == | == Jannicke Saehle, 1847, Norwegian immigrant’s letters == | ||
