I found both of these text's hard to understand but from what i understood I liked Gordans text "More then Just a Shrine", better then Grossbergs "Youth and American Identity". I thought Gordans text was interesting, and it held my attention. It made me more intrested in Ellis Island and I learned about things that occured there that I never knew about. Grossbergs text I just did not understand the point. I think Grossberg was saying how future generations have to fufill Americas dream, and make younger generations the next leaders and role models. These two texts made me realize how different everyones backgrounds are, and how unique our country is.