INDIAN IMMIGRATION 2 the U.S.

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• Like other immigration, Indian immigration occurs becasue of the United States' occupation oppurtunities
• A lot of the Indian immigrants to the U.S. came from a region called Punjab, and since they all came from a concentrated area their communities in the U.S. became tightly knit. Often they came in small groups of neighbors and cousins
• From 1899 to 1902 Famine struck India causing more surges of immigration towards the U.S.
• When Indians came to the U.S. they faced the challenge of taking jobs that no one else would because they had most experience with farming. They faced prejudice by the Americans as well. Sometimes they were blamed for the violence within the countries.
• Many people looked down upon the Indians as inferior. They were teased because of their skin color and they were called mean names.

Final Candy Blog Entry

Candy was a great book, and I would recommend this book to anyone who like reality, and books with real life issues. If you are into city life, and can relate to a suburban point of view, this book will be one that you will be able to relate to. My favorite part of the book was the part where Joe and Candy meet at the zoo, because the magic of love seems to be evident within the pages, and I can almost feel the magic of the moment. I felt that the end of the story wasn't fulfilling, so I decided that I would write what I imagine might happen after what is written on the pages. I don't know if I can write thoroughly in the author's voice, but I can write simply what I imagine happens.

I imagine that after Candy and Joe's last meeting in the book isn't there final last meeting. I think that after their meeting they would both go into their seperate worlds. I think that Candy would go and get her life together and I think that she would end up moving back into her parent's place because that's a place that she is accepted. I think Joe would get back with his band, and that they would continue to do some gigs and become known locally. I'll bet at one of his concerts Candy would be there with her friends and after the show he'd run into her, and then they would get into contact with one another again. 

Candy blog entry number 9

I finished Candy by Kevin Brooks, and I didn't love the ending. I mean, I didn't figure that everything would end happily, but I don't feel that I was satisfied. Mainly, because I think that the final outcome of the situation was left for you to decide, and to be realistic, Candy and Joe would probably never share a happy life together. Joe ruined his chance with the band, although I could see them wanting him to come back, since he did create the song Candy which proved to help their popularity. I think that when Iggy came to get Candy that he really would have killed Joe, even though he said he wouldn't, Iggy wasn't stupid, and I think that even though Candy said that Iggy wouldn't have killed Joe, I think that Joe would have put himself in harms way, not that he hadn't already. I thought that Candy did an excellent job killing Iggy and some of his men, and I think that she made the right choice knocking Mike out, because he would have probably been a hassle, and caused her to doubt herself. She was really brave to kill Iggy, but I wonder what will happen to her prostitute friends. Will they be angry that they lost there pimp because of Candy? Or will they be thankful? These desperate women are still addicted, even though Candy isn't, so I figure many of them will move onto find different men to provide for them. Candy on the other hand I feel will go back to her parents, because they want her back, and at one point she says how she wants things to go back to normal, and go back to the way that they used to be. I think that subconsciously she has chosen that. I think that Joe and Candy will see each other again one day, but I have this feeling that Joe is going to move on, because he feels that Candy is over, although it was magical, it's over. And I think that Candy will find a boyfriend or two, but eventually they will cross paths again, and possibly start from the beginning. I enjoyed Candy, and there were many themes intertwined in the novel, and I found myself seeing how people could take these themes and see them different ways, which makes this book attractive to a large variety of people. 

Candy blog entry number 8

The portion of the book that I read for this blog entry was dramatic in it's plot line. Joe skips school while his dad is out of town and goes to save Candy from her life. He wants to help her, although neither Candy or Joe understand why. This part of the book tells you something more is coming, but we don't know if it'll be for the good or for the bad. Candy and Joe also go up to Joe's cabin and she decides that she is going to quit using heroine, and Joe promises that he will do his best to help her. When Candy uses last it's the last time Joe sees one of her heart breaking smiles for a long time. Candy's withdrawal symptoms are severe, as expected, and at one point she tries to leave, and she kicks Joe in the groine. She cries and looks absolutely terrible. She sweats and freezes. She sleeps restlessly. She screams for help, and thinks that she is dying. When Candy attempts to leave Joe tells her that she can't go back to Iggy because he would kill her, and she says that she would somehow find a different way to get by. Although, she says this I think that she would end up in the same sort of situation, an account of Iggy knowing everyone. Candy also tells Joe the story of what happened to her. The root of her problem was truly jealousy and exclusion. I really do wonder if she will ever return to her parents, or what she will do after she is clean. The book keeps foreshadowing that Candy is going to somehow leave, and since Joe is telling this story as if it happened in the past, I'm think that the last few chapters could be him going and finding Candy in her modern life today, and possibly even talking to her again. I'm actually kind of scared that something terrible will happen to Candy, because at one point Joe does have to return to his normal life, and speaking of normal life, I think that Joe might get kicked out of his band. I hope he doesn't get kicked out of the Katies because they were doing well, and although Candy is important, so is his careeer. I also wonder what Joe's father is going to say to him once they both return home, because Joe's father knows that Joe isn't home. One thought that I kept pondering upon, was what if Iggy hurt Gina, I mean Joe hasn't talked to Gina for so long, and there are all these mysterious messages that Joe keeps getting at the house, which I feel probably have to do with Iggy. This is probably the climax of the story, because so much is going on, and I feel like there are so many conflicts that affect each other, I sure hope things pull together for the better.

Candy blog entry number 7

This chapter of Candy was filled with action and drama. For a first note, I was thoroughly surprised that Joe drank so much during this chapter, and I found myself nervous that they would perform terribly because of the alcohal and drug abuse. I think up until this point I saw Joe as a goodie-goodie-two-shoes kind of guy. But, this showed me that he had a rebellious side to him to, and it made Candy and him as a couple a clearer, more possible, couple in my mind. The drama that happened with Mike was traumatic, and I'm probably going to read forward and figure out what happened with him. Iggy clearly had something to do with it, but I'm just wondering what exactly Iggy was thinking, and what exactly Iggy hurt Mike for. I'm guessing that it had to do with Mike sticking up for someone. The concert went well, and this made me feel happy, because for some reason I feel Joe's fate feels like it depends a lot on it. I felt like it wasn't realistic when Joe had the guts to actually sing the song he wrote about Candy right when he saw her in the audience. Realistically, he would have froze up, and taken a minute to build his confidence again. But, then again in moments when you are performing, you can always find a way to get by when you really are under enough pressure. Performing seems to bring people to higher level off awarness.

Candy blog entry number 6

In the chapter of Candy, by Kevin Brooks, that I read today, Joe is dealing with some of the consequences of his day at the zoo with Candy. He comes home to fuming father, because he was late home, and his sister reported to the father what she thought he was doing. Gina told her dad that he had something important that the Katies (his band) and him had to work on. During the lecture that Joe's dad was giving him, Joe starts to get really emotional, as a kid normally does when they get yelled at. For the blog entry today I decided to pick out a quote from this chapter and reflect on it and connect to it.
"I looked at him, wanting to hate him but knowing I couldn't. He was my dad. Whatever I felt about him, I couldn't hate him. I oculd hate his stupid reasoning, though, the way he treated me like a kid but expected me to behave like an adult. Why can't you make up your mind, Dad? I wanted to say. Either threat me like a kid or treat me like and adult, but don't keep treating me like something in between."
This is exactly what I feel a lot of kids our age have to deal with. I mean it's crazy to expect a person to deal with being treated like a child and act like an adult. I feel that kids should be guided and helped through their adolesence, but it's completely unreasonable to be controled. And it's completely unreasonable to be babyed and then act like and adult.
When I read this, I stopped to reread, because a lot of us kids don't know exactly what it is that we don't like about the way our parents treat us, and this stuck a needle right on the problem.
I also realize that when kids say that they hate their parents, they don't really hate them, well in most cases at least, because what they really hate is the attitude their parent has towards them, or even the attitude that their parents have in general. It takes a lot for a person to truly HATE their parents.

Candy blog entry 5

Candy's character has become really intriguing and mysterious, so I decided that I would write a letter to Candy, asking her a few things, and telling her a few things that I think that if I actually met her I would say.
Dear Candy,
I'm so happy to write to you, because I have soooooooooooooo much to ask you. So, you told Joe that he didn't want to know about you, I'm just wondering what exactly don't you want Joe to know about you. I mean, are you actually a prostitute, or does it just appear like that? And, what do you think Joe would do if he knew that you were? Also, what were you thinking when you kissed Joe, I mean do you just like the kid, do you think that you two would ever actually work out???
I was also wondering if you could tell me what's so terrifying about Iggy? What does he do to you, I mean it's clear that he has some type of control over you.
At the zoo, when you were with Joe, why did you go and drug up? Do you drug up whenever something overwhelming or stressful comes your way? Or when bad memories come up? Because if that is the case, I'm sure people would say that you need help, the real question is, do you want help, or do you like the way your life is now?
One last question I have for you is about your past, I mean, what happened that led you up to where you are today?