In the TedTalk What’s missing from the American immigrant perspective, speaker Elizabeth Camarillo talks about being an American immigrant and how being on her own helped her and helped her family later on in life, “But being able to have that self-control is sometimes the only way that we are able to help those around us.” (Camarillo) so she wanted to tell people it is okay to make the decision to go off on your own to benefit your life and others around you.
In the novel Out of Nowhere, the Character Saeed is an immigrant from a country completely taken over by warfare, he travels with his family but often times he is minding his business staying out of things that could get him in trouble, “‘I, uh, always play.’ He shrugged again. As if the outrageous soccer he’d just demonstrated on the field was no big deal.” (Padian 6) I like this quote a lot because it is showing that Saeed is just in his own lane, not over the top even though he is outstanding and easily the best the school has ever seen at soccer. In the end him and his family get away from the discrimination in the town from Saeed being his own person.
Does your character being alone benefit them more or having support from others? Use your Novel to explain your answer.
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