Chapter 2

Prompt 1

      In Chapter 2, their lives beforehand were briefly described, as well as their trip to America, and their first couple of days there. The group faced many barriers along the way, for they didn't know much about America at all, and they spoke practically no English. The only word any of them could say was "Chicago", at least until they learned "stockyard". 

      One of the first troubles they had along the way was an "agent" that helped them, but ending up being quite the miscreant to them because he got them in trouble with officials, costing them a lot of their money, which they didn't have a lot of. After that, they arrived in America, but it was not pleasant for them. Since they only knew one English word, people would look at them with confusion or simply laugh  and walk away, leaving the group worried and lost. Finally, they found an interpreter, and were put into a car to head to the stockyard. Once they got there, they were very shocked. The place had a very pungent odor, thick, black smoke in the air, the very unsanitary boarding houses for the families, along with other unpleasant things,making their first couple of days quite terrible.