AT RISE: MAX LITTLEFOOT stands center. Behind him, THREE SILHOUETTES stand reaching upward toward the sky. As MAX LITTLEFOOT begins his speech, SILHOUETTES enact Amerindian dance to offstage drumbeat.
MAX LITTLEFOOT: I am American. My ancestors have lived on this land since memory began. My tribal elders speak of a large turtle that rose out of the sea. This Turtle Island - Earth - provides everything we need. My ancestors could read the earth. They saw a scuff in the dirt and would find deer to hunt. They smelled the thawing riverbanks and knew salmon were on their way upstream to spawn. They touched the rough bark of a pine and it would become a strong wigwam.
My ancestors were here before America was, when America was Turtle Island. Now we live on a reservation called Indian Island.
There is still anger about how my people were treated. This is where I come from, though. ..it's what I know, whatever it's called. Tree roots don't know the difference. Neither do I. I am American. (Drumbeat stops. MAX exits right. JANE BRADFORD enters left and walks down left. SILHOUETTES line up one behind the other up left and sway as though cramped together on a sailing ship, slowly making their way across the back of the stage. They quietly whistle wind sounds as they move.)
JANE BRADFORD: I am American.
Which detail in the monologue from Vincent Lopinto connects to the theme that for many immigrants, America offered a better life than the country they came from?
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Lopinto's great-great grandfather got a job in construction with other people trom Naples, Italy.
In Italy, Lopinto's great-great grandfather would have worked his whole life for nothing.
Lopinto's great-great grandfather came to America speaking almost no English.
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The detail that connects to the theme that for many immigrants, America offered a better life than the country they came from is:
"In Italy, Lopinto's great-great grandfather would have worked his whole life for nothing."
This statement highlights the struggle and lack of opportunity faced in Italy, suggesting that moving to America provided the promise of a more rewarding and prosperous life.
