![]() America’s place in world history is, from one perspective, that of the first worldwide dating service. Forget those of Mexican descent married to the offspring of Bulgarian immigrants, even the marriages of people hailing from southern Italy to people hailing from northern Italy that exist today would slice and diced down to a mere fraction. Most of the marriages that have happened here would never have taken place had there never been an America for the rest of the world to discover, conquer and settle. ![]() ![]() But this is exactly what America is made of: marriages between two people descended from completely different backgrounds who would have been complete strangers alienated to a point equitable with the couple in the story. Pure madness when you start to think about it. At first, the idea might seem ludicrous: crossing halfway around the world to marry a complete stranger in a foreign land dominated by a culture that could almost not possibly be more oppositional to one’s own. In a way, this single quote from the story expresses a consequence of immigration that is the story of America itself. There were many Japanese emigrating to America these days, and Hana had heard of the picture brides who went with nothing more than an exchange of photographs to bind them to a strange man. ![]() We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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