John Dos Passos' Manhattan Transfer

Part I of Essay
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: This book began in the 1890's. Benjamin Harrison of the Republicans was in power. The novel began by showing the problems of immigration both from the view point of the immigrant and of the already settled American. We are aware right from the first ....

Part II of Essay
.... and found getting jobs very hard. As well people became firebugs and often burned down buildings in which the immigrants lived. The majority of Americans resented the immigrants because they represented lost jobs. the only people who did like the influx of immigrants were the rich because they represented a large pool of labour that cost next to nothing. America was very much separated from the rest of the world. The Monroe Doctrine of 1823 was still a big part of life in the United States Of America and politicians made sure that they ....