United States, known as the “Land of Opportunity,” welcomed thousands fo immigrants every year. As newcomers arriving to this exotic land, they faced numerous difficulties. In a passage from “Where Worlds Collide,” of Pico Iyer’s essay, we can see what these new settlers undergo when they first arrived. In his essay, Pico Iyer provides us with an abundant amount of details in order to convey a sense of colliding worlds. He uses the technique …showed first 75 words of 534 total…

…showed last 75 words of 534 total…job of describing the "melting pot" of cultures around him, explaining that people come to the airport and never leave. Iyer writes of immigrants flying into LAX to find a vast new world, allowing LAX to be there interpretation of America. Pico Iyer’s usage of the rhetorical devices put the readers to the exact situations of these immigrants. He helps us to be able to feel what those people feel and sympathize for them.