Jo`zef. She too.
believed in hard work. "No work, no pork, no money, no baloney." (251). Her family is.
discussed over several generations. Proulx spends ample time discussing Joey and Sonia.
whom made their money by playing accordion music and participating in music.
competitions.
Proulx's first idea essential to polity is evident through hard work. All three of the.
aforementioned ethnic groups center primarily on making a living. Money and well-being.
was a symbol of American opportunism then, just as it is today. This priority of work.
amongst all ethnic groups may seem obvious, but Proulx soon introduces more similarities.
that start to create a pattern.
Each group finds themselves the center of hate and prejudice. For example, the.
accordion maker soon finds out "Americans believe Sicilians and Italians are the same and.
hate them both, curse them as sacks of evil." (26). He finds it necessary to band together.
with other Sicilians and Italians and moves into a boarding house district known as Little.
Palermo. (30). .
The Germans find themselves at the center of hatred and prejudice as well. .
Although they created a city with there bare-hands, they soon were not welcomed in there.
own community. "It was the Germans everyone watched." (67). The Germans decided to.
surround themselves in their own company and joined the German-American Historical.
Society.
The Polish felt singled-out as well. "This was what it meant to be Polish: misery.
suppressed, injustices borne, strength in adversity, endurance." (291). They too sought.
shelter in congregating with there own kind. They visited mostly "Polish clubs" when they.
went to town. They felt that the "American society" was slandering the Polish way of life. .
"The Polish-American Guardian Society [was] collecting signatures and money to sue the.
Motion Picture Association of America for producing movies defaming and degrading the.
Polish people. (286).
Once again Proulx brings three different cultures together by there similar actions.
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