a boy's journey

« A boy’s journey This document is an extract from a novel autobiographical which was written by Seymour Rechtzeit who was born is 1912 in Poland.

It is entitled “A boy’s Journey”.

Seymour Rechtzeit was born in a Jewish family in Lodz , Poland in 1912.

He was gifted, in fact, he has a true musical talent.

When he was in Poland, his native country, his expectations for a better living conditions were reduced that why his family suggered him to leave Lodz and to come to America, to live his American dream and have a better opportunities for his future.

Thanks to his uncle who allready live in America, his father and him go to join him.

Their goals are to work in order to (can) afford to bring the rest of his family from Poland and to be reunited in Promised Land .

The conditions into the ship was miserable, the l ack of hygiène , of privacy made this trip awful for them.

Seymour was ill and look forward to arriving in the dream world , to fulfil his dream.

But h e dreaded to fail the medical examination to enter the country. »