Look West worksheet

Students Names:
Look West, Miss Liberty, and Shine Your Light…
Introduce the document by filling in the blanks
This is a………………………………….entitled “........................................................
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in ………………….
Identify the two narrators present in the scene: (you should highlight them in the text)
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Identify the context of the scene: (you should highlight them in the text)
Do some research on this period of time (if needed) to try and answer the following
questions: what happened that year? Who came to the US? For what reason? (there
are clues in the text)
What are the two characters discussing/debating about?
Focus on the first character: what does he want from the other? Answer in your own
words, then rephrase the arguments used to convince.
Where does it take place?
When does it take place?
VOCAB TO HELP:
refugees
to migrate
to flee/ escape/ run away from
persecution, execution
dictatorship

He wants …………………. to………………………………………………………………………
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How does he feel about the situation? He said “We’re responsible”. What does it
mean? Circle the right answers.
guilty/sorry angry/infuriated cheerful/ happy liable/accountable for
ashamed/remorseful frustrated/envious
In the text, underline the quotes from Emma Lazarus’ poem written in 1883 and
engraved on the pedestal of the statue. Then, try to analyse why these quotes are
used here, what is the aim?
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Now, focus on the other character. How does she react at first ? Pick out an adjective,
an adverb and a verb from the text and explain what they reveal about her state of
mind.
Quotations
Rephrasing
“the same thing you did with everybody else”
It has always been her role/mission to help and
welcome migrants. Why should it be different now?
“Whoever came to this country eventually found jobs,
and almost all of them made good citizens”
“we’re responsible for them being refugees. We
screwed up a country like it’s never been before. We
supported their corrupt governments, loaded them
down with weapons they couldn’t use, defoliated their
rice paddies and wrecked their families. We left the
country in a mess”
“But most of our fathers and grandfathers and great
grandfathers were foreigners. You welcomed them all”
“These people need refuge” “their lives are in ruins”
“When they flew in orphans from Vietnam and
Cambodia [...] nobody seemed to object to that”

It reveals that she is…………………………………………………………………………………
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List the counter-arguments which are given
What does he blame her for with the question: “do you have anything against
Orientals?”: what is the accusation here?
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Who wins the argument? What is the final result?
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Quotations
Rephrasing

Why was there “a tear in her eye” at the end ? Why do you think she’s crying?
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Have some hindsight: who does she stand for/represent in this story? What was the
author’s aim?
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Now, give your opinion: do you think this aim is achieved? how and why?
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