Luigi owes Pasquale $160 in rent money and this morning he received a letter from him telling him if he didn't pay he'd throw him out. Of course there is another way, he could always marry Pasquale's daughter Rosa! In class Miss Spaulding is teaching them history about Westward expansion for opportunity and a new life and who in history said "Go West, Young Man". This puts an idea in Luigi's head to go west. He took a chance when he left Italy and he's going to take a chance now. But in his heart he doesn't really want to go, but he doesn't want to marry Pasquale's daughter.