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When I was three years old, my father Sent me letters about America and my mother read them to me
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I think back to when I was going to move to America in 1882 but the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed and I wasn't allowed to be welcomed into America.
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Thinking back I remember the Chinese Exclusion Act being over after ten years and having everything ready for my trip to America. Just when I thought I was ready, my mother came down with a disease. From my background as a doctor, I soon healed her back to normal, but it took two years.
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I know I have had a long background in the section of doctoring and I think I could be very succesful in that region of work. I also think that when I get to America my father could support me for a while,
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I begin my journey east to arrive in America soon. I hope I will not be held back very long waiting for inspection. I have heard from my father that the trip all the way across the country was very long but next year a new station is opening for immigrants called Angel Island. All I had with me was the clothes on my back and a 20 dollar bill.
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Arrive in Angel Island and held for an unknown amount of time because of being Chinese and this was what most Chinese immigrants had to go through
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After held for two weeks in poor conditions of Angel Island, I become a bit sick from the pollution
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After the long two weeks of being sick, I finally get better and they let me through the inspections to enter America
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My father is already in America and I am able to meet with him for the first time since I was three years old
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I move to the San Fransico Chinatown with my father after being passed in inspection. We move and soon make friends with the many other former Chinese citizens.
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I found a job as a Chinese doctor in the Chinatown because people want their own kind healing them
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My father dies of and illness and my fellow doctors and I are unable to save him.
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I really wanted to move to America because I had heard of many amazing things and my father was waiting for me in America. I have experienced many wornderful things here now and hope to stay forever.
