New Colossus

The hot behemoth
The Early Settlers and Institution of Slavery
Ed Ferrer
HIS 203: American narration to 1865
Instructor: Professor Steven Harn
August 6, 2012






















From the nineteenth century to the present, the get together States has been hailed as a res publica of many opportunities where individuals could achieve personal, political, religious, and stinting freedoms. The image of the land of opportunity was true to different degrees for the African-American slave who was transported to America against their will and the immigrant who arrives at Ellis Island to find opportunities in America. Although written in 1883 by Emma Lazarus and to be placed on the Statue of Liberty as find to new immigrants coming to America, The New Colossus can certainly be applied to the aboriginal settlers of America who were looking for a new beginning, just as the immigrants in the late 1890s were. In contrast, it could be argued that the rime has lost its luster and intended meaning in forthwiths high alert, security conscience America.




Not homogeneous the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates sh each(prenominal) 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 illustrious pomp! cries she
With silent lips. Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses ardent to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, buffeted to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door! (Lazarus, 2006)

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