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     In the novel “Lucy” which written by Jamaica Kincaid clearly described an immigrant’s first impression when she just moved to the United States. Lucy’s voice not only represented herself, it also helped the majority of new immigrants to express their feelings. If you didn’t have a chance to visit here, then you wouldn’t have any ideas about the life in the U.S. In fact, I thought New York City is an euphoria which becomes many people’s dream of the world. The reason why I had this feeling is because most of the TV shows tell us that NYC is a wonderful, prosperous city. I realized the truth after I had my first travel experience with my family to this famous city, New York City.
     According to the passage, we could see that Lucy felt disappointed, frustrated about her “new” life. As my point of view, most TV shows only reflect positive sides instead or negative sides, and this is why Lucy had such bad feeling since everything was totally opposite to what she expected. We can’t judge if the TV was doing a right thing or not, but it really attacks a lots of people come visiting, and working. Yet, the number of people who come to travel, or work keeps increasing year by year. You can’t believe how powerful of these TV shows. I can surely say that the number of the people who is planning to leave this country is increasing also because of the economic recession.
     Compare to Lucy’s hometown, America is like a wrong shell for snail that Lucy didn’t feel comfortable, familiar to this new environment. She didn’t  like this place from her deepest heart, but she had to adapt into this place. Lucy would miss, imagine her native county during the dark night, and she loves her country from her deepest heart. Although Lucy wasn’t come from any luxury county, the happiness Lucy had couldn’t be replaced forever. We couldsee her soul was really loyal to her native country. Sometimes, some small countries brings people simple, easy, and happy lives because this is their life styles. Lucy thought she could have a better life after she came the the U.S. but it wasn’t true. Maybe she could earn more money here, but she feels lonely, sad about her “new” lives.
      When a person came to a strange country to begin their new life is really hard. They would easily get emotional problems. In Lucy’s case, she had conflict with a woman named Mariah. At the beginning, Lucy thought Mariah could become her real and only friend in this strange country, but it iwas out of her expectation again. After few days, Lucy changed her minds because she felt Mariah was a devil and never watched our her mouth. In this point, we can see the power of friendship. Moreover, there are different reasons effect people’s personality in the U.S. It is true that we can’t find a “real” friend in this country easily. I strongly believe that living in a luxury country will make people turning into crazy. They need to worry about their lives, or future especially to those menial labor workers such as, Lucy. Basically, these people don’t have a normal life as others because they have to work hard everyday, and they don’t have their social lives. All the pressure they have is hard to imagine. No one would like to be their good audience. They don’t have a healthy way to relieve stress; therefore, people will easily become mean, and unfriendly. If the number of people turning into this way, then it is hard to help each others out. Our society should really concern about this issue, and do something to help new immigrant out.