1 / 22

From Italy to America The Story of Tony Camaron

By: Gilberto & Marlon. From Italy to America The Story of Tony Camaron.

morwen
Download Presentation

From Italy to America The Story of Tony Camaron

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. By: Gilberto & Marlon From Italy to AmericaThe Story of Tony Camaron

  2. Times are hard in all of Italy. Everyone including you (Tony Camaron) and your family. People are leaving to America and you think that it’s a good idea to go and try to strike it rich there, but you don’t want to leave your family and friends. Go to America Stay in Italy to find work

  3. You have decided to stay in your hometown of Naples and farm but there has been a drought and you realize that farming is no good so you and your family decide to go somewhere else and find a job to feed your family. Go to Sicily Go to Wine County

  4. You arrive at Sicily and immediately find work. Your family finally has something to eat and drink and you decide to stay because everything is good. After a couple of weeks, an earthquake hits and you die from a broken back and brain damage. The End Go Back to Beginning

  5. When you arrive at wine county, a fellow Italian helps you find work at a wine factory. For weeks, you’ve been surviving on the minimal pay they give you. On an occasional day you happen to see French men on horseback. They pull out swords and force you and your co-workers out of the wine factory. You and a couple of the others try to fight back but the French cut off your heads. The End Go to the Beginning

  6. You have decided to go to Ellis Island but the only way to get there is with hundreds of other immigrants in a six week ship ride. After only 2 weeks, many start to get diseases and die. The ship ride is the worst experience you have ever had but you look at the land of opportunity that lies ahead. Continue on to America

  7. You arrive at Ellis Island. The first and second class immigrants get to go to New York because they were tested in the ship. Because you are a third class immigrant, you have to wait 3 hours until your physical exam. There you see others screaming ‘‘let me stay.” After giving them your name you are given American currency. Now you are on your own. Go to Maine Go to Little Italy (NY)

  8. Once you get to Maine you have found a job as a shipbuilder. One night you decide to go to a nearby tavern were young hot women go to. You meet a nice hot girl that you’ve fallen for. For the next three months you save up your money and courage to ask her to marry you. Continue On

  9. When you go to her home at night fall, you see that the candles are lit and want to surprise her, but you are the one shocked when you see her with another in the bed. You run out swearing as much as you can and go home. There you get a rope from work, make it to a noose, write a letter to who ever finds saying to send your money to Italy and that that tramp burns in hell. Then you give a quick prayer and hang your self. The End Go to the Beginning

  10. When you arrive in Little Italy, you find that people are friendly, speak your language, and give you a job as a shoemaker. After two years, you have saved a lot of money that you can afford to start your own pizzeria or go to the West and try to strike it rich. The only problem is that you love little Italy so much, you don’t know what to do. Go West Stay in Little Italy

  11. You start your pizzeria and it turns to be a big success until so thugs went to your pizzeria after hours and burn the place to the ground. Not only that. They know where you live and have robbed you. The next morning the land lord tell you that the rent was due and he couldn’t bend the rule for you. Continue life on the streets

  12. You quickly figure out that life in the street is hard when they robbed you again in your sleep. You find no other choice but to rob someone else to replace your stuff. After a few times of successfully robberies, you finally get caught with a knife assaulting someone by the corner and are shot down until you couldn’t move. The End Go to the Beginning

  13. After few months of travel, you stumble upon a man who tells you that Texas is the place to go, not to California. He tell you that he would even help you get into a church if you followed him. Keep going on Go with the man

  14. After accepting the man’s offer he gives you 200$ and finds you a home in Texas. After telling him that you would like to join a Catholic Church he says that that would be no problem. The same night, him and twelve others come in white robes and masks. They take you by your feet, and drag you to a cross. There they hang you, and set you on fire for being Catholic. Go to the Beginning The End

  15. You reject the man’s offer and you continue on to California and find the Rockies within sight. After another harsh month, you arrive at California and the people recommend that you either go to Los Angeles or San Francisco. Go to Los Angeles Go to San Francisco

  16. Once you get to the city of San Francisco, you start to enjoy it all especially the sea. One lucky day you are walking around the pier and overhear a man asking for work as a fisherman. You run over to him and tell him that you are the man for the job. He likes your spirit and hires you. After a great year of sea life you are the first mate. On a casual day you and the crew go off to sea when a storm started to brew. The storm takes your ship down with you in it. Go to the Beginning The End

  17. You arrive at Los Angeles where you work as a bank teller. One day, you see a beautiful blonde and ask her out to a meal after work. She gladly accepts your offer. After a year of dating, you save up money to buy her a nice ring. Later that night, you get on one knee and ask the hardest question in your life. She bursts into tears and says yes. On your wedding day, the priest makes you both one, and you start a life with her. Continue

  18. After a year and a half you are both blessed with a beautiful baby boy. When you bought the bank your wife stayed home with Tony Camaron Jr. Now you have the life that you always dreamed of and really did strike it rich. Go to next slide to see Jr.’s life

  19. Little Jr. grew up to be the leader of a large group of men that terrorized all of California and they later became known as the mafia. From there on, the name Camaron was never messed with ever again.

  20. Resources - Pictures • www.new-jersey-leisure-guide.com • www.homesecuritysystemsales.comhttp://cdn.wn.com/o25/ph//2009/02/21/52e82b29e18a9fa2df4a1c5b823580dc-grande.jpg • http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-04/46029047.jpg • http://www.usresident.com/travel_usa/arizona/Wolf%20Mountain%20Winery%20near%20Dahlonega%20GA%20(7)-72.jpg • http://www.country-accommodation.com.au/kangaroo-valley-tourism/images/winery-cambewarra-vineyards.jpg • http://angam.ang.univie.ac.at/class/vo/vo01/ellisi1900.jpg • http://angam.ang.univie.ac.at/class/vo/vo01/ellisi1900.jpg • http://secure.spreadtruth.com/images/activities/littleitaly.jpg • http://www.radio.rai.it/radiorai/online/ev_images/little_italy.jpg • http://imagecache.allposters.com/images/pic/IMA/N186~Hot-Italian-Pizza-Posters.jpg • http://www.freefoto.com/images/11/60/11_60_5_thumb.jpg?ffid=11-60-5&k=French+Flag • www.flickr.com • http://images.broadwayworld.com/upload/40050/Hearts.jpg

  21. Resources – Pictures (Part 2) • http://www.nolimits2life.com/blog/images/brokeheart.jpg • http://makesplash.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/noose.jpg • http://makesplash.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/noose.jpg • http://www.monkeylaw.org/images/monkey-knife-fight.gif • http://laborstopwar.googlepages.com/OakCopsShooting.jpg/OakCopsShooting-full.jpg • http://www.financeregs.com/wp-content/uploads/saving-cash.jpg • http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/usonline/worddoc/boat.gif • http://www.sunlighthomes.com/error404.html • http://www.stevencarrigan.com/blog/uploaded_images/kkk1-768446.jpg • http://www.seedandsower.com/images/alberta/Snow-topped-Rocky-Mountains_small.jpg • http//www.nanowrimo.org/de/user/48988 • http://www.chiff.com/a/proposing.htm • http://m.profilelayouts.com/pl/ss/2075.jpg • http://www.oddreflector.com/potw/sweetBabyBoy.jpg • http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/sites/church2.jpg • www.big-italy-map.co.uk/maps/italy%20400.jpg

  22. Web Site Resources • http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/italianamericans/timeline_immigration.html • http://www.ellisisland.org/

More Related