Monday, April 16, 2012
10th Blog Post
For
leisure tourists and travelers, a trip to Italy is more like an escape from
daily life. They seek to encounter an exotic culture and gain new experience.
For immigrants, however, travelling to Italy is a journey of hope and hardships. In I was an Elephant
Salesman, the narrator described travelling to Italy as a moment “when our
lives will change, when we will have to use our brains, our arms, and the money
that we have saved or borrowed” (15). To immigrants, Italy is a place where they may be able to change their lives and escape poverty.
However, in order to create that new life they will have to abandon their
family, their home and everything they are familiar with and strive through
hardships they have never encountered before.
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