Living in a country where cultural differences created no end of troubles and difficulties was really a hard and long-term struggle that my grandpa and aunt as immigrants had to fight for survival. Language barrier was a primary obstacle for them to overcome. Loneliness, homesickness, and adaptableness to the new and quite different society were the hardest and most tragic experiences that they had to face. Having to lose their strongest language skills and vocational skills, they found themselves completely at sea with so many changes lying in front of them. A cloudy future awaiting ahead

My grandpa suffered more dramatic changes than my aunt did, who was quite young at the time. She appeared to enjoy the new exciting life where everything was totally different from what she had experienced before. She went to school and picked up language skills much easier than my grandpa did, and happily made quite a few new friends. She envisioned living a life full of opportunities for success and tried her best to adapt herself to the new society, where she expected to stay for the rest of her life. Speaking of success, she has recently graduated from a university with a master degree in Marriage and Family Living Therapy.

, and continual waves of nostalgia hitting them hard had almost robbed them of their spirit. Grandpa’s acute concerns were how to overcome the language barrier, learn new skills, and then get a job to survive. All of those negatives plus segregation, negative stereotypes, and discrimination that he painfully confronted made a major contribution to darken his already dark vision of a new life. A new life at a country where people said to be the richest and most modern society on this planet, where equal opportunities for human advancement was in existence.

Notwithstanding his expectation of a hard life in the new society, and good moral preparations for inevitable tragic changes in the USA before risking his life as a “boatman” o

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