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analyn
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What does the scent of apples mean in the story "Scent of Apples"?

i want o know why this story entitled scent of apples.

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Posted by analyn on Friday August 1, 2008 at 2:08 AM and tagged with immigration blues, meaning, themes, title.

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  1. pmiranda2857
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    The scent of apples in the story The Scent of Apples refers to the low paying type of jobs that Filipinos had to take when they came to America.  Picking fruit was one type of job, therefore, the literal scent of apples indicates the profession of the worker who spends all his time in the orchard picking apples. 

    "The first wave of Filipino immigration to the United States occurred between 1906 and 1934, when Filipinos were recruited to California as agricultural workers."

    "Filipino Americans have at all periods faced discrimination because of their national origins. Many have been confined to low-status, low-income jobs."

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    Posted by pmiranda2857 on Tuesday August 12, 2008 at 5:36 AM