Formal Outline 1. Nowadays more and more people is emigrating looking for a better life in other countries, leaving their houses generally in the search of a better income, but what they don’t realize is that with the house they leave their home, and with their home a lot of cultural and social things that are going to change in that new place. a. Despite the cultural and social differences immigrants might have to face, they are always looking for their personal growth and as Lin-Manuel Miranda say “immigrants do their job”. b. Background information i. The motivations for leaving one's homeland are diverse, but essentially fall into an economic or political category, or both. Fundamentally, emigrating expresses a desire for freedom to improve our quality of life. ii. It is possible to appreciate a difference between native people and immigrants who live with them, since it is not only a different passport or place of birth, but also clothing, ways of living, languages, ethical codes, complexions physical, wages, religion and culture.Immigrants are not always completely free due to the cultural, social, ethnic and physical differences they must face, so they can achieve their true personal growth once they have achieved true total freedom. 2. As is common knowledge and has been going for a long time (since immigration has existed), immigrants once settled (or not) in a country that is not theirs of origin, are not completely free because many are exploited and they are not recognized; on the contrary, they are rejected despite their efforts to support their families and wants for a better life. a. Alexander Hamilton i. “Born illegitimate and orphan by the time he was 10, and penniless” (Lin-Manuel Miranda) 1. He was not completely free since he did not have the same opportunities than other people. b. Concepcion Dieguez (my grandmother, Spanish in Uruguay) i. She immigrated to Uruguay in the Spanish dictatorship and was really tough for her to find a job, since she was an immigrant. 1. Her first years in Uruguay were really hard since although she was legally in the country, she was not used to the culture and certain differences were marked towards her. c. Immigrants in America that are exploited and not secure in the country. i. “Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)” – Alexander Hamilton Mixtape. 1. In this song people “tells” how they are called lazy, ugly people or people that come just to steal jobs just for the fact of being immigrants, but they are the one that actually do the “dirty job”. d. Almost all immigrants are going to feel the differences between countries and most of them are going to be subject of complaints, but it is on their hands to make the people respect them by working hard and setting the tone, always being respectful with others. In addition to being respectful, all the previous mentioned things can be achieved by overcoming some differences between immigrants and the native people of the country. 3. An immigrant ...

1. Formal Outline
1. Nowadays more and more people is emigrating looking for a
better life in other countries, leaving their houses generally in
the search of a better income, but what they don’t realize is that
with the house they leave their home, and with their home a lot
of cultural and social things that are going to change in that new
place.
a. Despite the cultural and social differences immigrants might
have to face, they are always looking for their personal growth
and as Lin-Manuel Miranda say “immigrants do their job”.
b. Background information
i. The motivations for leaving one's homeland are diverse, but
essentially fall into an economic or political category, or both.
Fundamentally, emigrating expresses a desire for freedom to
improve our quality of life.
ii. It is possible to appreciate a difference between native
people and immigrants who live with them, since it is not only a
different passport or place of birth, but also clothing, ways of
living, languages, ethical codes, complexions physical, wages,
religion and culture.Immigrants are not always completely free
due to the cultural, social, ethnic and physical differences they
must face, so they can achieve their true personal growth once
they have achieved true total freedom.
2. As is common knowledge and has been going for a long time
(since immigration has existed), immigrants once settled (or
not) in a country that is not theirs of origin, are not completely
free because many are exploited and they are not recognized; on
the contrary, they are rejected despite their efforts to support
their families and wants for a better life.
a. Alexander Hamilton
i. “Born illegitimate and orphan by the time he was 10, and
penniless” (Lin-Manuel Miranda)

2. 1. He was not completely free since he did not have the same
opportunities than other people.
b. Concepcion Dieguez (my grandmother, Spanish in Uruguay)
i. She immigrated to Uruguay in the Spanish dictatorship and
was really tough for her to find a job, since she was an
immigrant.
1. Her first years in Uruguay were really hard since although
she was legally in the country, she was not used to the culture
and certain differences were marked towards her.
c. Immigrants in America that are exploited and not secure in
the country.
i. “Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)” – Alexander Hamilton
Mixtape.
1. In this song people “tells” how they are called lazy, ugly
people or people that come just to steal jobs just for the fact of
being immigrants, but they are the one that actually do the
“dirty job”.
d. Almost all immigrants are going to feel the differences
between countries and most of them are going to be subject of
complaints, but it is on their hands to make the people respect
them by working hard and setting the tone, always being
respectful with others. In addition to being respectful, all the
previous mentioned things can be achieved by overcoming some
differences between immigrants and the native people of the
country.
3. An immigrant may not feel comfortable or “free” in the
country where he/she lives not only because of the obvious fact
that they are not in their “home”, but also because of cultural,
social and ethical differences that are constantly being felt by
them everywhere.
a. Cultural differences
i. “Individuals who migrate experience multiple stresses that
can impact their mental well-being, including the loss of
cultural norms…”. (Bhugara & Becker, 2005)
1. Not possible to be mentally free unless the immigrant inserts

3. himself in the culture.
b. Social differences
i. “If the individual feels isolated from his or her culture,
unaccepted by the 'majority culture' and has a lack of social
support, a consequent sense of rejection, alienation and poor
selfesteem may occur.” (Bhugara & Becker, 2005)
1. Due to the social differences, immigrants will not have any
social support, feeling rejected to the point of not being “one
more” citizen of a country.
c. Due to the aforementioned differences, it is possible to affirm
that immigrants are not totally free, since there are differences
with the people of the country of origin from which they cannot
easily escape. So, although immigrants are said to be free, they
are not totally, and that’s why in many cases they do not get to
achieve their wanted personal growth.
4. People immigrate for a reason, and although sometimes is for
political issues, family issues, or something out of the ordinary,
they are always looking for a better life, better economic
solutions, in fact, they are looking for their personal growth,
which cannot be achieved without first getting a full freedom,
not only physical but also mentally.
a. Alexander Hamilton
i. “This is a guy who pulled himself up from out of nothing and
helped to create our nation” (Lin-Manuel Miranda on Hamilton)
1. Hamilton is an example of personal growth, which could be
set as an example of someone who went from rags to riches.
b. People that immigrate looking for personal growth
i. “immigrants have become a significant driving force in the
creation of new businesses and intellectual property in the U.S.
…” (The Cost and Benefits of Immigration).
1. The balance between economic and mental goodness should
be a priority, since people think that they are going to another
country to improve economically, but they end up being a
prisoner of a culture to which they do not want to belong,
ending up not being free at all.

4. c. Personal growth refers to improvements in habits, behavior,
actions and reactions, but is often confused by people with
economic growth, so immigrants leave their country looking for
personal growth but the only thing they end up finding is maybe
more economical freedom, but no personal one.
5. Conclusion
a. Freedom and immigration (macro): Immigrants are not always
completely free, personal growth, cultural and social
differences.
b. People who are immigrants in a country will almost always
have noticeable differences with people from the country of
origin, so they must face them. This can end in many cases with
immigrants not being free since although they are not
imprisoned, there are certain actions towards them and
differences that will make them not be able to enjoy total
mental freedom, being that only when they manage to overcome
the state of non-freedom , they may just achieve personal
growth.
c. People emigrate and immigrate in search of happiness and
freedom, but sometimes they end up not being free due to the
differences that they themselves decided to move to.
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“Title in Progress”
Nowadays more and more people are emigrating looking for a
better life in other countries, leaving their houses generally in
the search of a better income, but what they do not realize is
that with the house they leave their home, and with their home a
lot of cultural and social things that are going to change in that
new place. Despite the cultural and social differences
immigrants might have to face, they are always looking for their
personal growth and, as Lin-Manuel Miranda says: “immigrants

5. do their job”.
The motivations for leaving one's homeland are diverse but
essentially fall into an economic or political category, or both.
Fundamentally, emigrating expresses a desire for freedom to
improve their quality of life. Also, it is possible to appreciate a
difference between native people and immigrants who live with
them, since it is not only a different passport or place of birth
but also clothing, ways of living, languages, ethical codes,
physical complexions, wages, religion, and culture. So, it could
be said that immigrants are not always completely free due to
the cultural, social, ethnic and physical differences they must
face, so they can achieve their true personal growth once they
have achieved true total freedom.
As is common knowledge and has been going for a long
time (since immigration has existed), immigrants once settled
(or not) in a country that is not theirs of origin, are not
completely free because many are exploited and they are not
recognized; on the contrary, they are rejected despite their
efforts to support their families and wants for a better life. A
clear example of this can be seen in “Hamilton” when in the
first musical song (“Alexander Hamilton”) is explained in a
summary of how the life of Hamilton was. It allows people who
listen to it to see he was not completely free since he did not
have the same opportunities as other people, largely due to his
condition of immigrant. In fact, Lin-Manuel Miranda tells in an
interview that he was grabbed by Hamilton’s story because he
was actually an Immigrant, arguing that “He was born
illegitimate; he was an orphan by the time he was 10 and he was
penniless.” (Miranda).
Another example that can be set is the case of Concepcion
Dieguez, a Spanish grandmother that emigrated to Uruguay in
the Spanish dictatorship of Francisco Franco (40’s). Her
experience as an immigrant was really tough especially the first
years, in which she could not find a job and, although the fact
that she was legally in the country, she was not used to the
culture and certain differences were marked towards her.

6. Unfortunately, this feeling of non-belonging and rejection to
immigrants still happens and it can be seen with the immigrants
in America that are exploited and not secure in the country. As
the song “Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)” from the
Alexander Hamilton Mixtape tells, immigrants in America are
called lazy, ugly people or people that come just to steal jobs
only for the fact of being immigrants, but they are the ones that
actually do the dirty job, like it is said in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s
song “Immigrants- We get the Job Done”.
Almost all immigrants are going to feel the differences
between countries and most of them are going to be subject to
complaints, but it is on their hands to make the people respect
them by working hard and setting the tone, always being
respectful with others. In addition to being respectful, all the
previously mentioned things can be achieved by overcoming
some differences between immigrants and the native people of
the country.
Groups like Zero Population Growth and the Sierra Club have
opposed immigration in America, being the core issue of their
protests centered on whether the new immigrants could be
absorbed into the nation, questioning if they would abandon the
old ways in favor of core American values. (Stevans) Having
exposed that, an immigrant may not feel comfortable or
completely free in the country where he or she lives not only
because of the obvious fact that they are not in their original
home (meaning that they are not in the country where they were
born, where their parents raised them and where they used to
play as children) but also because of cultural, social and ethical
differences that are constantly being felt by them everywhere.
Defined as the various beliefs, behaviors, languages,
practices, and expressions considered unique to members of a
specific ethnicity, race or national origin, cultural differences
greatly impact in the life of the immigrants, to such an extent in
which it is said that “Individuals who migrate experience
multiple stresses that can impact their mental well-being,
including the loss of cultural norms…”. (Bhugara and Becker).

7. Thus, it is not possible to be mentally free unless the immigrant
inserts himself in the culture.
Moreover, social differences are huge players in these
matters as well, since if “if individuals feel isolated from his or
her culture, unaccepted by the 'majority culture' and have a lack
of social support, a consequent sense of rejection, alienation
and poor self-esteem may occur.” (Bhugara and Becker). This
shows that due to social differences, immigrants will not have
any social support, feeling rejected to the point of not being
“one more” citizen of a country.
Due to the aforementioned differences, it is possible to
affirm that immigrants are not totally free since there are
differences with the people of the country of origin from which
they cannot easily escape. So, although immigrants are said to
be free, they are not totally, and that is why in many cases they
do not get to achieve their wanted personal growth.
People immigrate for a reason, and although sometimes is
for political issues, family issues, or something out of the
ordinary, they are always looking for a better life, better
economic solutions, in fact, they are looking for their personal
growth, which cannot be achieved without first getting full
freedom, not only physical but also mentally.
As Lin-Manuel Miranda said about Hamilton: “This is a
guy who pulled himself up from out of nothing and helped to
create our nation” (Miranda), referring to the fact that Hamilton
is an example of personal growth, which could be also set as an
example of someone who went from rags to riches. Also,
immigrants in general that immigrate looking for personal
growth serve as an example. It is important to state at this point
that “immigrants have become a significant driving force in the
creation of new business and intellectual property in the U.S.
…” (West).
The balance between economic and mental goodness
should be a priority, since people think that they are going to
another country to improve economically, but they end up being
a prisoner of a culture to which they do not want to belong,

8. ending up not being free at all.
Personal growth refers to improvements in habits,
behavior, actions, and reactions, but is often confused by people
with economic growth, so immigrants leave their country
looking for personal growth and the only thing they end up
finding is maybe more economic freedom, but no personal one.
People who are immigrants in a country will almost always
have noticeable differences with people from the country of
origin, so they must face them. This can end in many cases with
immigrants not being free since although they are not
imprisoned, there are certain actions towards them and
differences that will make them not be able to enjoy total
mental freedom, being that only when they manage to overcome
the state of non-freedom, they may just achieve personal
growth. People emigrate and immigrate in search of happiness
and freedom, but sometimes they end up not being free due to
the differences that they themselves decided to move to.
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STORY INSPIRED LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA Broadway
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West, Darrel M. The Cost and Benefits of Immigration. Political
Science Quarterly, 2011.

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