Question

Read this excerpt from Immigrant Kids, by Russell Freedman. Edward Corsi, who later became United States Commissioner of Immigration, was a ten-year-old Italian immigrant when he sailed into New York harbor in 1907: My first impressions of the New World will always remain etched in my memory, particularly that hazy October morning when I first saw Ellis Island. The steamer Florida, fourteen days out of Naples, filled to capacity with 1600 natives of Italy, had weathered one of the worst storms in our captain's memory; and glad we were, both children and grown-ups, to leave the open sea and come at last through the Narrows into the Bay. My mother, my stepfather, my brother Giuseppe, and my two sisters, Liberta and Helvetia, all of us together, happy that we had come through the storm safely, clustered on the foredeck for fear of separation and looked with wonder on this miraculous land of our dreams. The purpose of this excerpt is to help readers understand

Answer 1

Answer:

The purpose of this text is to show how immigrants were happy, relieved, excited and hopeful of finally arriving in America.

Explanation:

The text shows that the trip to America was dangerous and full of challenges. Passengers may have been very concerned about the storm that formed during the trip, but they were happy and relieved when, even with this difficulty, they were able to reach America and contemplate this place, left them happy and amazed by the land that guarded all the dreams, hopes and projects that they had that were about to be realized.

This is more evident in the passage "My mother, my stepfather, my brother Giuseppe, and my two sisters, Liberta and Helvetia, all of us together, happy that we had come through the storm safely, clustered on the foredeck for fear of separation and looked with wonder on this miraculous land of our dreams. "