Read the excerpt from Imported Americans by Broughton Brandenburg. Then, choose the best answer. Which is the best summary of this excerpt?
The author returns back home to Italy and watches the ignorant as they lose their money or get arrested for various reasons. He is prejudiced and thinks he is smarter than most other people and that America is a better place for most people to live.
The author says Naples, Italy, is beautiful, yet smelly. He reports about Italians arrested after running from being drafted. He also explains how tricksters and thieves are preying on Italians and other unsuspecting visitors.
Italian immigrants are very rich when they come to America, yet they lose it all and come back to Italy poor because the banks have cheated them of all of their money.
The author is expressing his fear over coming into the port city of Naples. He stays safe by talking to a police official. He is criticizing the Italians for being cowardly, criminal, and ignorant.