Baylor College Medical School

Call It Sleep by Henry Roth

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CALL IT SLEEP HENRY ROTH

faculty.history.umd.edu/BCooperman/NewCity/henryroth.pdf

Starts on page 7 through 14.

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What happens when David and his mother first arrive at Ellis Island?

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They are greeted coldly by David’s father, Albert Schearl. There is no wonder or excitement. David's mother then gets in trouble from a man, with his father, they don't even know in a language David doesn't understand.