Everyone that leaves their native country and move to a new place such as America it's hard to go to another places knowing that many loved ones are still in there. It's never leaving all your family to pursue a career in America thinking it will give you an opportunity to earn a better living for yourself and your family back in your native country. There are going to be times when one have to make a difficult decision to either move to a new place to pursue a career or stay in their homeland. In this article we have Vincente Quitasacas where he has to go to America to get work in order to support his family.
When Vincente went to America he did not expect that finding a job in the USA would not be easy he thought that there will be jobs offer everywhere, unfortunately it was harder for him to be accepted to society let alone find a job. The acceptance of Ecuadorians in the United States was limited cause there are many Ecuadorians that came to America illegally, so having a exact numbers of Ecuadorians is impossible (Gmelch p. 380). Vincente had family in United States and they gave him many different reasons why they moved to America. One big reason was because there is no job opportunity in Cuenca and they have no way of making a living (Gmelch p. 381). With the money they earn in America they can send money home to their family and love ones, with the money that is being sent home many things such as remodeling of the house is taking place.Vincente has a story where he left Ecuador in order to earn a living in America. Vincente comes off as a shy person and when he moved to the New York City, he bbecame a person that had friends and happy. He explains how Ecuador was not a place to find a job, if your poor and have no experexperience is no jobs for you. Those who actually have potential and educated, they are offered the best jobs there is in Ecuador. Vincente said he had help from a friend to get a job in America, with the help of his friend Bolivar (Gmelch p. 384) Vincente was able to pay off the money he borrowed from his friend in two and a half year.
One things thatnwas hard on Vincente was how he was so far from home, he couldn't leave with the hours he work and when something happening at home all he could do is call and get an update of what's going on at home. There are people that Vincente missed, one was his girlfriend, she was graduating from high school and going to a University soon, he thought that people will forget about thekir love ones when they are absent long enough (Gmelch p. 387). It's tough to be so far away from your loved ones, with the busy schedule that Vincente have he did not have time to keep in touch with his girlfriend. People changes when they move to a new place at a point that where they come from starts to fade and it's not the first priority in your life.
I think that everyone can change when they move to a new place because it' s a different environment where you need to adjust and adapt to. I know that a lot of people will never take away the values from where they come from but sometimes a different place can change all that where new values are incorporated. Vincente had a story where he did come to America with a mission, he strive and struggled to earn money in order to send it home but sometimes sending money doesn't solve anything. Family and friends always want to know what's going on in your life and see you as much s possible.
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