“Ellis Island” by Irving Howe vs “Excerpt from Roots” by Alex Haley

“Ellis Island” by Irving Howe vs “Excerpt from Roots” by Alex Haley

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“Ellis Island” by Irving Howe vs “Excerpt from Roots” by Alex Haley

            The two stories discuss about immigrations but from a different perspective. In “Ellis Island”, immigrants were mainly from European nations and moved to the United States with an aim of improving the quality of their lives. As a result of this, their migration was voluntary. This is unlike in “Excerpt from Roots’ which discusses how African Americans entered the United States. In this book, their migration was involuntary as they entered…………..

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