Literary notes about Emigrate (AI summary)
The term "emigrate" is depicted in literature as a multifaceted act that encompasses both personal resolve and collective necessity. In some works, it manifests as an individual’s decision to seek personal betterment or escape discontent—illustrated by Wilde’s encouragement to "emigrate and improve your mind" ([1]) and Wharton’s understated suggestion ([2], [3])—while in historical narratives it reveals a broader socio-political context, where persecution or economic hardship compels entire groups to leave their homelands, as seen in Flom’s detailed accounts ([4], [5], [6], [7]). Additionally, authors like Carlyle and Herzl invoke the term to underscore acts of protest or survival amid turbulent circumstances ([8], [9], [10]), underscoring that emigration, whether portrayed as a desperate measure or a hopeful new beginning, remains a potent symbol of both individual aspiration and collective change in literature.
- "You know nothing about it, and the best thing you can do is to emigrate and improve your mind.
— from The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde - That, or emigrate ...
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton - Emigrate!
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton - It has been claimed that the “sloopers” were driven to emigrate by persecution at home.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States by George T. Flom - But letters written by pioneers and by those about to emigrate testify amply to the fact that it was the hard times that was the chief cause.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States by George T. Flom - Such were the causes that led me to emigrate and I presume the rest of our company were actuated by similar motives.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States by George T. Flom - In the summer of 1840 a party of about thirty persons stood ready to emigrate to the settlement in Wisconsin.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States by George T. Flom - Men growl in vague discontent; officers fling up their commissions, and emigrate in disgust.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle - The head of the firm wishes to emigrate.
— from The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl - Our people should emigrate in groups of families and friends.
— from The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl
