Which sentence from "Island of Hope, Island of Tears" is written using a compare-and-contrast text structure? As with the Kudrna family, war and other uncontrollable events often divided family members between their home country and America. In 1912, Katherine Stollmayer, age 18, left Arad, Hungary, to join her older brother, Joseph, living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A trained herbalist, Jue brought a variety of medicines as well as an abacus and herbalist's scale to America. After establishing an herb business in San Francisco's Chinatown, Jue went back to Canton to marry Jeang Quai Sen--the couple returned to California soon after.