Many immigrants came to America to try to find a better life for themselves and their family. Many people have succeeded and their family stayed in America for generations. However, some families came, but they then had to leave. One of these families was the Dumas’s, and they came from Iran to America. The main character, Firoozeh Dumas stated, “We remember the kindness more than ever, knowing that our relatives who immigrated to this country after the Iranian Revolution did not encounter the same America” (Dumas 92). This shows that she thought of Americans as kind, in California, many people showed kindness to her family, and her family wanted to be kind back to America. Dumas remembers her American friends were very kind. At school, students were curious about life in Iran, but they showed kindness to a girl who seemed very different than themselves. “At school, the same children who inquired about camels also shared their food with me” (Dumas 91). These students showed a large amount of warmth to someone with a different culture that they…show more content… Dumas’s mom gave many gifts away that she had brought from Iran. “Between frenzied shopping trips to Sears to buy presents for our relatives back home, my mother spent her last few weeks giving gifts to our American friends” (Dumas 92). Dumas’s mom realized that the American people had shown her so much selflessness, and she wanted to return the favor by giving them a little of Iran. Dumas’s mother loved the Americans so much, she picked out individual gifts for everyone, even though she didn’t understand much English. “‘Dees eez from my countay-ree. Es-pay-shay-ley for you,’ she would explain” (Dumas 92). All of her Californian neighbors showed compassion for the foreigners, and she wanted to give them something special back. The Americans meant so much to the Dumas family, they gave all of their considerate friends a
