Both in the Old World of community, family relationships and traditional values, and in the New World of non-traditional relationships, individualism and uncertainty, the immigrant narrative predominates in the struggle for survival. Religious and racial intolerance, social upheaval, economic hardship, and political unrest underscore the causes of emigration, but the New World was far from idyllic, and traces of these scourges dotted the landscape of the New World as well as that of the Mother Earth. the immigrants who settled in North America were the Puritans in 1621. Unlike their predecessors in the late 16th century, who ventured to America with the sole purpose of seeking gold and glory; the Puritans sought refuge in a vast new land and the freedom to practice their beliefs without fear of appeal to government authority. In accordance with the monarchy, the Church of England and Anglican officials regularly oppressed and harassed separatists. William Bradford in his history, Of Plymouth Plantation, wrote of the Puritans: "But after these things they could no longer live in any peaceable condition, but were driven out and persecuted on every side, as their former afflictions were nothing but biting of fleas". in comparison with what now befell them, some were seized and put in prison, others had their houses besieged and guarded night and day, and hardly escaped from their hands, and the greater part fled and left their houses and dwellings, and the means of their livelihood" (Bradford 9). In de-emphasizing the role of the Church, its rituals and offices, and supplanting them with a more direct and personal approach to God and spirituality; the Protestant Reformation, through the works of Martin ...halfway through the document... was a common experience in both the Old World and the New World, and both groups had in common the confidence that God would provide the means necessary to facilitate and accelerate their struggle for peace and their belief in freedom from oppression and persecution. Although each group's faith is different, their cultures and traditions diverge; they have encountered resistance to their way of life and living with a historical perspective with God and the idea of progress on their side. Every immigrant story is a progression in every area of ​​thought. Works Cited 1. William Bradford. Of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647 1981. New York: Random House.2.Anzia Yezierska. Bread Donors 1925. New York: Doubleday3. Chaim Potok. Wanderings: History of the Jews 1978 New York: Fawcett Crest4. Charlotte Erickson Emigration From Europe 1815-1914 1976. London: A&C Black