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In the early 1900's, it was customary for immigrants to enter America with unusual surnames. When John Sobuchanowsky entered the United States, he did not know the hardships he would encounter simply because of his last name. His story was the typical immigrant story, his father came to America and married his mother, both immigrants. His father worked for a living and raised enough money to send all of his children to school, and then later to college. The difference between John Sobuchanowsky's story and other immigrants is that he decided to make one change that would impact his life for the rest of his time, and that was to change his last name. When John decided to do this, he became no longer John Sobuchanowsky but John Nichols. John only wanted to change his name so that he would be seen as an American to employers, but this change became an inner conflict for the rest of his life. In retrospect, it was not a good idea for Nichols to change his last name. In making this alteration, he lost an enormous part of his heritage and also a unique aspect of his lifestyle. .
The theory that America became a melting pot is true in this case. However, the type of melting pot was quite unlike the accepted idea. Instead of the country becoming a melting pot of various cultures, it instead became a melting pot that molded each person into one uniform culture. The fear of the foreigner was a major contribution in making this one culture become the only lifestyle in America. As a child, Nichols suffered greatly because of his dissimilarity from the other "American" children at school. "Some of the "American" kids giggled. The principle had a lot of difficulty over my name and made me pronounce it two or three times: Sobuchanowsky, Sobuchanowsky. My voice sounded like thunder in my ears. My mouth and throat were dry. I wanted to run away." (p. 46) When John Nichols changed his last name, he became another member of this melting pot, trying to fit the criteria of becoming an American.
John Wesley On June 17, 1703, a great intellectual was born in Lincolnshire, England. ... (Siebert, 339) In 1724, John graduated from the Christ Church in Oxford where John Locke had previously graduated. ... John says that there are several mistakes with this quote. ... John goes on the rest of the excerpt on how we should treat our fellow man. ... John Wesley heard what the Lord was telling him through the scriptures. ...
Of the Coming of John refers to John in the beginning as "just bubbling good nature and genuine satisfaction with the world". ... They knew that education would give John knowledge that they really would prefer him not to have. Even the white postmaster knew what had happened when John returned from school. ... John knew what the judge was talking about and had even had that conversation with his sister. ... "And, John, are you glad you studied?" ...
In 1902 John Steinbeck was born, in Salinas California. John grew up in the Monterey Bay region, and later used this region for many of his fiction novels. ... John attended Stanford from 1920-1926, but failed to earn a degree. ... (John Steinbeck 1902-1968) In 1935 Steinbeck became widely known when he wrote, "Tortilla Flat", a series of humorous stories about Monterey paisanos(John Steinbeck). ... (John Steinbeck 1902-1968) In 1962 John Steinbeck received the greatest award in literature when he won the Nobel Prize (Steinbeck). ...
John Hancock John Hancock was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence. ... John was born into a middle class family. ... John didn't hesitate when he was asked to join the Sons of Liberty. ... British officials brought attention to John Adams and John Hancock in 1775 because of inflammatory oratory. ... John Hancock was elected to the Second Continental Congress, John signed the Declaration of Independence and afterwards he was elected president of Congress. ...
John Glenn John Glenn was one of the first American astronauts, and the first American to orbit the Earth. ... John Glenn always knew what to say and when to say it. ... I liked John Glenn because he was a true leader. ... John Glenn was a true all-American man. ... John Glenn was a happily married man. ...
John Cabot On March 5 , 1496 King Henry gave John Cabot a charter giving him permission to sail North, East or West but not South because that is where the Spanairds were to search of new land. John Cabot set out on his first voyage on May 2, 1497, a year later, from Bristol Harbor. John had a ship called the Matthew, named after his son, which sailed from England and had a crew of 18 men. ... John Cabot left on his second voyage sometime in the year 1498. ... Little was known about this voyage but more than likely John was shipw...