The New Colossus/ Statue of Liberty

The New Colossus

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,

With conquering limbs astride from land to land;

Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand

A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame

Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name

Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand

Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command

The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she

With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

By Emma Lazarus, 1883

           This poem is about how America welcomes everybody and helps. The author writes that the liberty cries in silence "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" But all that just does not seem real to me because there are many homeless people that nobody cares about. Yes it is a land of many races, but is everybody really equal. No, I don't think so because many people judge another by color not by talent. This poem is trying to help many people be equal when it doesn't have the power to do that.

          The Statue of Liberty symbolizes freedom throughout the world. Its formal name is Liberty Enlightening the World. The Statue was actually a gift from the people of France.The statue, made of copper sheets with an iron framework, depicts a woman escaping the chains of tyranny, which lie at her feet. Her right hand holds aloft a burning torch that represents liberty. Her left hand holds a tablet inscribed with the date "July 4, 1776" (in Roman numerals), the day the United States declared its independence from England. She is wearing flowing robes and the seven rays of her spiked crown symbolize the seven seas and continents. Near the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor is Ellis Island. This island served as an immigrant station and a temporary shelter for people coming to the U.S. from other countries. Between 1892 and 1954, approximately 12 million people passed through Ellis Island seeking refuge, freedom and opportunity. The main building on Ellis Island is now a museum dedicated to the history of the Ellis Island Immigration Station.

         Immigration is what United states is all about because it is Columbus discovered it but it was already the Native Americans land, so they fought for it and they just toke everything away from the Indians. But it shouldn't get out of control to where everybody just comes in but any body should be allowed as long as they don't damage the country by bringing drugs or diseases. That is how the United States Should do it. The purpose of America is Immigration. Nobody should be able to be better just because of their color. Nobody was born in the United States Of America so why make it theirs. Right now have so many family members in Afghanistan but, why would anybody care I thought this land is for everybody, but some thing is just not true. This land is not just for the white folks that think everything is theirs because they weren't born here either but they have the right to live with their families in peace. We are humans too, everybody needs a family to take care of them, but for that to happen you have to make a big case which takes about five years, and mostly more but they still don't come. This land is every bodies they need to let my family come, but why should they care. At least now that there is a war going on there they should try to save them from dying, but they just don't freaking care.