hings like more factories, and works.. because she doesnt understand how to speak English as well as most people. Salvatrice told me about how she misses her family, and the friends she left behind. But, she likes many things about the USA, mostly money related things though. She says there is more opportunity for work, to succeed, and it is much more affordable to live nicely here. She doesnt like the American culture though, she says that the people here have no tradition, and are way too materialistic (again, here I used my own words). About the question concerning what she would tell other immigrants that were coming to the USA, she replied you must be ready to work very hard for what you want. but again, she told me about how in Italy, sometimes you cannot work hard enough to get things you want, because the opportunity just isnt there. The reactions I got from each individual were very unique. Matasja, from China, didnt show much reaction to any question at all. I later on asked her daughter (my friend) if any of the questions bothered her, or made her feel funny, and Natasha just told me, why, they are just questions I tried to explain how some questions might bring up bad memories, or good ones. Natasha understood, but she explained to me that her culture isnt very emotional when it comes to questions like this. I was too nervous to talk to her mother about how she felt, Im glad that Natasha understood. My friends Italian great grandfather was very excited to talk about America. Everything I asked him sparked him to talk happily about the USA. I know he left Italy because of a problem, but Mr. Fedo loves America passionately. I later also talked to Mike, his great grandson, and Mike told me he loves to talk about America, and that he is very patriotic to the USA. My racecar friend Sean from Jamaica, had a very different interview. What I got from his reactions, is that he is very fond of the American system, ...
