Pico Iyer's Where Worlds Collide
“We need to help students and parents to cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community- and this nation.” Individuals culture influences their journey of interpreting the world in which they are immersed. Throughout the duration of semester one we’ve read and annotated novels, poems, of finding out our cultural identities
British born journalist, novelist, and travel writer Pico Iyer, in his essay, “Where Worlds Collide”, he describes the way immigrants feel when they enter a new country with different cultural perspectives. “... they come out, disoriented, heads still partly in the clouds, bodies still several time zones - or centuries - away, and they step into the promised land.”
British born journalist, novelist, and travel writer Pico Iyer, in his essay, “Where Worlds Collide”, he describes the way immigrants feel when they enter a new country with different cultural perspectives. “... they come out, disoriented, heads still partly in the clouds, bodies still several time zones - or centuries - away, and they step into the promised land.”