My N.Y

some freshman may have gotten the Pete Hamill book last summer, I just took some time to write a short synopsis and my reflection on it.

Pete Hamill’s parents fled the Northern Ireland because of the hostile state that it was in, which is similar to my father’s voyage to the United States. He arrived in America in 1977 because of the on-going tension between Bangladesh and Pakistan. New York is no doubt the capital of immigration as it the capital of about any other imaginable thing. New York supplies so many resources in which new comers are given a chance to succeed, and the sheer size of the city gives a lot of room to roam and find a perfect area to create their future. Throughout the whole cit of New York, and especially Manhattan, you can find areas fully resided by a certain ethnicity, China Town, and Little Italy are perfect examples. These communities allow immigrants to find a slice of home even though they are hundreds and hundreds of miles away from their true motherland. These groupings also allow people to find jobs and are sort of like the fraternities and sororities you can find in St. John’s.

As you walk around downtown Manhattan, you will see many landmarks, and these sights have a load of stories behind them. Pete Hamill delivers many great tales of everything, from Trinity Church to the local bagel shop. The early years of present day New York were ruled by the Dutch, they ran a great trading operation and were very successful, soon after England took over the city but did not necessarily overthrow the Dutch, they kept everything that worked and changed the things that needed to be fixed. This mutual relationship soon led to knickerbockers. Knickerbockers are children who have both English and Dutch blood. African Americans were also relatively equal, and all in all the city had an extremely positive atmosphere.