In-class writing

Immigration is a big theme that was mentioned in Ewidge Danticat's speech. As someone asked her that why would she choose to return to Haiti after she came here, she responded that the immigration today is pretty different with the immigration before. The immigration before is like you get on a boat, drifting to somewhere safe and start a new life there but never come back, but the immigration today is more like a round trip, you come here to seek an opportunity to make a living, and you will return to your homeland. And for her, I think what she does is not only going back to visit her relatives, but help more Haitians seek a better life by using her words. She spreads out the harsh situation that the Haitians have been suffering to the world, letting more people get to know, and raises money to help her country through difficult times, which impress me a lot. I remember that Ms. Leeming asked a question that how can do it cause we are just a small community. However, what Edwidge Danticat does by herself mean a lot to many people not only just Haitians. It is right that we are just many individuals, and maybe we cannot reach such achievement as what she does, but when we are together, we are a community; when different communities are together, it also means a lot. Thus, the "little thing" we are doing also has significance to the world.