Question

How did Rocco Corresca's fortunes change while he was in the United States?

Answer 1

In his early age he lived in orphanage where-all the boys would beg every morning. Rocco got frightened when he heard him the old man talking to -someone else and asking the price to make Rocco a cripple. Rocco had also heard rumors of America’s opportunities and he met a young man who pulled a handful of gold and told him he made that in American in few days. He traveled to America by ship and found a job. An Irishman gets him into the job. Gradually he learned English from men and when the job was over he had earned a lot of wealth.

Answer 2

For the answer to the question above, Rocca Corresca was an immigrant that came to America when he was a little boy in 1902. It is hard when Corresca first comes to the US but at the end of three years, he was running a business and even had savings.