Brooklyn

Brooklyn

__ THE SETTING OF BROOKLYN __ __ Group Members __ : Thai Anh Ngo, Yin Zhao, Aiyin Deng And Laura Navarrete The novels started in Ireland in the 1950s. The main character named Elis lived in the Co Wexford town of Enniscorthy after World War II.

__ Ireland, the 1950s __ was lack of job and the salary was paid really low. Everybody wanted to go to England or to the United States to find a better job with suitable wage. __ Enniscorthy __ is where Eilis lived. It seems like a quite and peaceful place. Women in this town used to married wealthy men. __ Brooklyn, New york, the 1950s __ was gathered by groups of immigrants such as Irish and Italians. __ Brooklyn College, the 1950s __ is where Eilis studied seems like the college for immigrants. __ The Italian Community, the 1950s __ assimilated to the American culture. __ The Irish community, the 1950s __ also assimilated to the new country, but they maintained their culture as well. __ Coney Island, the 1950s __ is where Eilis and her boyfriend went to have fun in a summer day. It seems a place in where people from different ethnicity relaxed.

CONFLICT In the novel //__ Brooklyn __// by Colm Toibin follows a young woman named Eilis as she travels from her Irish home town to New York in the early 1950’s. Almost without asking, her family decides that she should move to America because she is more likely to find a good job there//. //She suffers many conflicts in her life by deciding to move to the United States looking for a better life. Eilis struggles to adjust, but eventually finds her way and settles down by beginning a romance with an Italian American named Tony. Eilis brushes against social issues such as the Italian neighborhoods versus the Irish in New York City. Also her family becomes a big source of conflict because her sister passes away and Eilis needs to return to Ireland. She has to decide whether to stay in Ireland or go back to America and stay married and settle down.

The plot __Brooklyn __ is a novel written by Colm Tobin.Eilis is a young Irish a young girl who used to live with her mother and her sister Rose in Ireland. There is little or no work to be had, but Eilis is offered work in Brooklyn, New York. When she comes to Brooklyn, she has a job in the Bartocci’s store. She attends Brooklyn college which is near her house. She usually goes to Father Flood’s parish and helps him. She meets an Italian plumber named Tony and falls in love with him. She hears the bad news about the death of Rose and then has to go back to Ireland. Then she is in two difficult situations: staying with her Mom in Ireland or she should return to Brooklyn to stay with Tony. But finally, she decides to stay with Tony in Brooklyn. The setting __Brooklyn__ is a story happened after World War II in a small town Co Wexford, the name of the leading role is Eilis, an Irish girl who works in New York-Brooklyn as an immigrant. Eilis is a kind and hopeful girl, in Brooklyn, she meets Tony, an Italian boy and falls in love with him.

Themes of __Brooklyn__ Keeping her own culture and assimilating Americans ways of life. As soon as she came to The United States she realizes that her life was going to change. She was an immigrant that comes from another country and it has its own traditions and language. She should have to assimilate American ways of life, like language and culture in order to stay in this country and get a future. Even though she lives in America, she keeps at her culture at her home, for example, she eats Irish dishes and her roommates comes from Ireland.

Becoming more mature. Eilis is woman who lives in Ireland. Furthermore she lives with her mother and sister. When she immigrates to The United States, she has to get a job and to do everything by herself. Also she begins to study at Brooklyn College. Therefore, all these tasks make her become more mature. Falling in love with an Italian Eilis was 25 years old and a half. Her skin is like the color of the moon, so attractive for every man, her smile is like stars shining, and the most important thing is that she has a sweet heart. One day she went to dance and she met a man that when he was close to her, made her felt the love. He was an Italian guy named Tony and they fell in love like two fish in the ocean.