America

America 1.Between 1890 and 1910, many immigrants came to America to escape political and religious persecution or economic poverty. In the film “An American Tail” there is a song that includes the lyrics, “ there are no cats in America and the streets are paved with cheese”. In this essay I am going to provide an interpretation behind the meaning of the lyrics and how it relates to the story of immigrants. In the first part of the lyrics they describe an America were there are no cats. One of the ways I took this as was that there is no war in America. Another way I took it is that there is a lack of the bourgeoisie. Which when they got here most were probably greatly surprised to find the corruption that took place in the United States government. Large corporations such as some of the larger steel companies controlled most every thing. Also children were forced to work long hours with out breaks in hazardous environments some as young as ten. Now In the second portion of the lyrics it refers to the streets as if they were paved with cheese which in human terms think, cats, america, cultures, way, took, work, thing, one, another, take, out, movie, mice, lyrics, just, immigrants, film, every, essay, culture, came, try, today, through, things, streets, several, represented, really, places, place, people, paved, irish