On the Trail of the Immigrant by Ms. Sanqui

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2013-09-23 16:13:49 UTC

What details does the author use to set the tone of the text and how the immigrants feel?

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2013-09-23 16:13:49 UTC

What words or phrases does the author use to help express how the immigrants feel?

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2013-09-23 16:13:54 UTC

In the text, what does the author want me to feel as a reader, reading the text?

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2013-09-23 16:14:00 UTC

What details does the author provide about "the final judgement awaits us?"

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2013-09-23 16:14:12 UTC

Based on the text, what can we infer about Edward Steiner purpose of following the immigrants?

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2013-09-23 16:14:25 UTC

What can we infer about the author's attitude towards the immigrant process?

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2013-09-23 16:14:31 UTC

What is it like being an immigrant like the one that the author describes in the text?

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2013-09-23 16:14:31 UTC

What can we infer about Edward Steiner's purpose of following the immigrants in the passage?

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2013-09-23 16:14:32 UTC

How does not knowing the language affect the immigrants ?

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2013-09-23 16:14:46 UTC

What details did Steiner show about the immigrants at the gateway?

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2013-09-23 16:14:51 UTC

What could I infer about Steiner's thoughts about the immigration process?

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2013-09-23 16:14:54 UTC

What details does the author use to describe immigrants emotions as they were waiting for the results of the final judgement?

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2013-09-23 16:15:03 UTC

What happens to the immigrants after the sifting process?

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2013-09-23 16:15:17 UTC

What details does the author use to describe the immigrants emotions as they waited for the final judgement?

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2013-09-23 16:15:55 UTC

Based on the text what can we infer about Edwards Steiner's feelings?

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2013-09-23 16:16:10 UTC

Based on the text what could we infer about Edward Steiners purpose of following the immigrants?

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2013-09-23 16:17:21 UTC

What is the author trying to explain to the readers when he says, "the huge portal of the vast hall where the final judgement awaits"?

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2013-09-23 16:18:05 UTC

Why does the author use descriptive words such as:

utilitarian, antiquated, and agonizing?

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2013-09-23 16:25:52 UTC

What can you infer about the families that have been divided?

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2013-09-23 16:26:09 UTC

Based on this text that "each is unconscious of the other's fate," what can we infer?

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2013-09-23 16:26:53 UTC

What was Edward Steiner meaning when he wrote On The Trail Of The Immigrant and what did it make you understand better about the immigrants?