Introduction – Argument: “Historians might use the film, West Side Story, as a historical source to understand U.S imperialism affected the political, economic, and social structure of Puerto Ricans in 1960s New York.”
Summary– Analyze the play within its historical context such as how U.S at the time had already gave P.R citizenship but it didn’t mean anything b/c they were bashed on and mention how the play shows my argument and xenophobia
Evidence from Bosley Crowther review : ” “Rumble”(battle) of the two kids – gives an overbeat of eloquence of the graphic realism of this film and weeps it along”
Body #1– explain how U.S imperialism affected the political structure of Puerto Ricans and involve from movie how Puerto ricans were all migrating to America for opportunity and viewed as criminals although with citizenship & incorporate from “The Puerto Rican Diaspora” (secondary source) the part of how the P.R’s and many other islands were taking over
Evidence from article called The ‘Puerto Rican’ Problem from NY Times – “22 percent of the “children brought to” the domestic relations court “as delinquents were Puerto Rican, while all the Puerto Ricans in town make up only about 7 percent of the city’s population”
Body #2– explain how U.S imperialism affected the economic structure of Puerto Ricans and include how in the movie it shows how they worked in garment shops and even sang about how the U.S was to become richer than in P.R & incorporate from “The Puerto Rican Diaspora” (secondary source) the part of how the P.R’s helped the economy grow quickly and from Brigs (secondary source)
Evidence from article called The ‘Puerto Rican’ Problem in NY Times – “majority of New York’s Puerto Ricans, 85 to 95 percent of whom are reported to be completely self supporting”
Body #3– explain how U.S imperialism affected the social structure of Puerto Ricans and include how in the movie it shows how separated the Americans and Spanish were because of racism & lack of english as well plus incorporate from Brigs (secondary source) how racism played a factor as well
Evidence from article called “Puerto Rican Migration” in NY Times – “many of those who migrate have not had more than five grades of elementary education; not even the type of schooling that will prepare the individual for the unskilled trades”
Conclusion– summarize how the play shows imperialism, racism, and immigration and make it come back to my argument