This thesis examines the book, Vita by Melania Mazzucco, published in 2003, which follows the story of two Italian immigrants in the United States in the early years of the 20th century. The following analysis views Vita ...

As cultural depictions of internal migrations in their respective countries, The Grapes of Wrath and Rocco e i suoi fratelli illustrate a parallel trajectory despite two opposing and divergent historical contexts, i.e. the ...