Theme 3 : Voyages, Frontière et Territoire
- Brooklyn :
- How travel is linked to self-development
- Women’s liberation/ emancipation ➢
- Confronting a new culture and one’s own culture
- Love (relationships and family)
- Coming of age, finding oneself and one’s identity
- the Irish identity vs American identity
- Migration and identity
- The conflict between duty and freedom
- The emigration of women as a means for their emancipation
- Search for a sense of home and belonging
- The American dream. Hard work and ambition lead to positive results
- Change is inevitable
- Prejudice and racism in the 1950s
- Cultral Point :
- Ellis Island: Symbolizes key aspects of Voyages, Territories and Frontiers, including:
- Mass migration and new beginnings (millions of immigrants arrived in the U.S. through Ellis Island seeking a better life)
- Crossing geographical and cultural frontiers (people left behind their homelands, languages, and traditions)
- Hopes and fears of immigration (a place filled with both dreams of freedom and the fear of rejection or deportation)
- Transformation of identity (many immigrants took on new names, jobs, and roles to adapt to American society)