In class we have analysed Tóibín’s novel and we have highlighted some important aspects. Brooklyn is both a “coming of age” and an immigration story. It talks about Eilis’s life, an adult girl who have to learn to live by herself, to understand what working means and how improve her ability to interact with others. But at the other hand it is also about immigration, from Ireland she goes to America, a new country full of new opportunities, new people and different cultures. At the beginning she starts to familiarise herself in the new place and then, after a bit, she conforms to. Her situation reminds us nowadays. Illegal immigrants, that from Africa make the dangerous boat journey across the Mediterranean Sea to Italy, and any population who tries to arrive in Europe for a best life. Eilis is characterized by a submissive personality due to the community where she is grew up in, ties to Catholic religion which influences people’s thoughts and behaviours. Even if she is separated from it, she remains, somehow conditioning by it, indeed she doesn't grow emotionally. The decision to leave Ireland it is not hers but Rose and Father Flood's who plan it knowledge for her best. Even when she returns at home she is influenced by Mrs Kelly's words that convince her to come back to America because she is married with Tony whereas she wants to stay for Jim Farrell loved by her. This situation reminds to "Wuthering Heights “because, Eilis as Catherine, gives up to her true love, regretting. Before leaving Ireland Eilis had an own idea of America, she thought a totally different world from actual location. The reality it is not so, in Brooklyn there are many Irish men who keep their culture. Another contraxt is the many "different" people who Eilis meets whereas she works as a saleswoman in Bartocci's. She proves to have an open mind toward the diversity of races, even if at the beginning she was embarrassed. Not only have that, even with other European communities liked Italians she seems to have no prejudices: an example in Tony who was afraid of not being accepted from her because of his different origin. It is quite difficult to determinate the period where the novel is set, since there are no references to the year, also in Jack's letter it is not reporting the date so you do not understand it. Nevertheless the story is placed in the 50s considering the context: there is a large flow of immigrants of coloured, Italian, Irish men and this immigration process begin with the Second World War. On the contrary, places are always mentioned, even those less important, giving the impression of being in Eilis's mind. In conclusion, I find the novel interesting linguistically and structurally, but some parts of the plot are banal. Moreover, the author makes good topics like immigration the lifestyle of some places like Ireland and Brooklyn and creates significantly the psychology of the characters.