Assignment 1-10 (C)
To the land that I love,
I am writing this letter as a token of gratitude for all the happiness you have brought me but I have failed you because my family and I will be forced out in a couple of days. By the time you read this, we will already be gone. I won't forget the time "Grampa killed Indians, Pa killed snakes for [you] (34)." Doesn't that make you rightfully ours? "We were born on it, and we got killed on it, died on it (33)." But "it's not us, it's the bank (33)." Those monsters and how they actually own the land, I hate them so much. They said ownership is based on what a piece of paper says. But what can I do about it? "We can't take less share of the crop-we're half starved now[...] we got no clothes, torn an' ragged [...]we'd be ashamed to go to meeting (33)." We didn't know where to go until a few days ago. Someone asked us "Why don't you go west to California?There's work there, and it never gets cold (34)." I don't know what else to say but that's where we will be in a couple of days. I'm sad to say we won't be able to grow old together because I may never have the chance to come back and see you. "We got no money (34)." Going to California, we hope to find a job and make more money. I hope that one day when we make enough, we can come back and buy you back.
-Tom
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