I will be doing my paper on how Puerto Ricans were forced to be lower class citizens with limited housing and career opportunities and the discrimination they faced.
Introduction
- Cause of migration and poverty
- thesis
- general synopsis of West Side Story
Body Paragraph 1
- how Puerto Ricans felt about their life in America
- scene where Anita and Bernardo sing about the pros and cons of living in America
- limited job opportunities to low paying jobs that resulted in poverty
Body Paragraph 2
- mass migration led to overpopulation and formation of slums
- there were people who tried to help create better living conditions
Body Paragraph 3
- Discrimination against Puerto Ricans
- people who wanted to halt migration
- painted Puerto Ricans as criminals and delinquents
Body Paragraph 4
- fight against discrimination
- how gangs came to be
- violence and criminal level wasn’t as bad as media portrayed it to be
Conclusion
- restate thesis
- relate west side story to how puerto ricans were unfairly disadvantaged
