Title: “Migration and Displacement in Immigrant Narratives: Effects on Characters and Their American Born Children”

Write about migrations in Lahiri’s short stories, Rosario’s novel, and in Danticat’s narratives. What is the effect of displacement from the home country on the characters that migrate to the United States? What is the effect of this displacement on characters’ American born children? As you consider these immigrant narratives, reference mobility and freedom in Hurston’s novel. Does the move from one geographic space to another liberate characters?