Hello, America #2

Quote #1 Elli, narration: Our first Passover Seder in America- it is a happy event after all.

Significance: The significance is that Elli and her family are bringing their own religion to America. Elli was worried that things wouldn't be the same in America but the Passover Seder turns out alright in the end. In the beginning she was wondering if it was a good thing that they started their journey on the sabbath and ended on it and now she knows that it was "a good omen", as she puts it.

Personal connection: I connect to this because I would feel exactly the same as Elli does. I would be happy that I could do the same thing I did back in my own country in a new one. It would make me feel like my old life hadn't been forgotten even though I'd traveled somewhere totally different.

Question: Do you think religion is very important to Elli personally or is it more of a family tradition that makes her feel at home?

Quote #2 Uncle Martin: "Being a newcomer is a learning experience."

Significance: This answers "the hardships they had to endure" question. Elli and her mother didn't know you couldn't just leave your grocery cart full of bought items outside a store or else someone will steal it. Elli says that to her it was as if her trust was broken in America. She had thought that in America everything would be perfect and that there wouldn't be thieves and bad things. She and her mother have to learn a lot about the new life they will start.

Personal connection: I feel like how she does sometimes. When I trust that people are good enough to not do something bad, but then they do. Like Elli I'm disappointed that people can't be good enough inside to realize that it's wrong. An example would be like something similar to what happened with Elli, when my phone got stolen at school I thought that someone would be good enough to turn it in, but they didn't and I was disappointed.

Question: What other kinds of mistakes will Elli make?