Coming to America

By writing this story, the author's purpose is to open a small window into the global picture of the struggle of millions of people that left their old country, with the hope of finding a better life. The ordeal of change from the comforts of their surroundings, to going into a new world was akin to changing their skin; it was painful. Yet, either famine, internal warfare, or the threat of extinction by the Nazi, propelled millions of people to leave all their possessions, abandon...
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By writing this story, the author's purpose is to open a small window into the global picture of the struggle of millions of people that left their old country, with the hope of finding a better life. The ordeal of change from the comforts of their surroundings, to going into a new world was akin to changing their skin; it was painful. Yet, either famine, internal warfare, or the threat of extinction by the Nazi, propelled millions of people to leave all their possessions, abandon families and march engulfed by unproven hope, half way around the globe, where there existed a continent that offered a better life. America beckoned.