In the essay‚ A Father‚ by Bharati Mukherjee‚ the author has three main characters each is caught between the Indian and American cultures. The Bhowmick family‚ which includes the father‚ the mother‚ and their daughter‚ are all experiencing the constant pull of Indian and American identities. In the essay we hear the story mainly from Mr. Bhowmick. He sees America as a frightening place and he tries to hold onto his Indian culture by keeping the statue on Kali and praying to her. According to the
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The way someone is raised will be the way they view others and the different pieces of society.There are some key factors that change your view on society and that is Culture! In the personal essay “Ethnic Hash” by Patric J. Williams mentions how a variety of things determine how you see the world around you. In the story Patric says “habits‚customs‚and common traits of the social group by which I have been guided in life.” Williams. This shows all the different things of life that can change
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Modernist movement in literature lays emphasis on the quest for identity on the one hand and internal rather than external realities that lie hidden and repressed on the other and prescribes psychic exploration of characters and feelings to focus the real reality in life which they undergo in different relations and situations. The great European stalwarts like Henry James‚ James Joyce‚ Virginia woolf‚ Dorothy Richardson and DH Lawrence have devoted much of their energy and technique not only to
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a’s character goes under several changes as she tries to identify herself in a world of two different cultures in Bharati Mukherjee’s “The Tenant”. When you come across Maya’s character in the beginning of the story it seems that she does not really know what she wants. Maya‚ who has become an American citizen‚ has adapted the western culture in which she is trying to fit in and find herself within while trying to abandon her Indian culture which is a big part of her. She moves from one place
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Cultural traditions‚ migration‚ family and identity are issues which emerge throughout the novel The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. How have various literary techniques been used to show that these issues play a major role in an individual experiencing a sense of belonging or not belonging. It is evident that a number of issues can greatly affect a person’s sense of belonging in particular personal experiences and cultural background. Throughout Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel The Namesake a number of these
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The incredible ability to converse with individuals on all parts of the planet changes how humans understand voice. The voice is the portion of a person’s identity which they express to those around them. Nurture‚ or the sociopolitical and cultural environments surrounding a person‚ affects a person’s voice. Additionally‚ some people use a double voice‚ or multiple voices a person uses as forms of expression varying due to their environment. Although marginalized groups often present themselves as
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depression for home and India. Sudha also decides to relieve the octogenarian of his homesickness and secure a life for her daughter and herself. Sudha undergoes metamorphosis simiar to the character ‘Jasmine’ in Bharati Mukherjees Jasmine. Sudha transforms from a naïve traditional well matriarchal protected woman to modern and independent. This summarized progression from India to America might easily be understood as a stereotypical reification of cultural boundaries where India manifests all
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to Belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee is about Bharati and her sister Mira who have emigrated from Calcutta‚ India to America. They have lived in the United States for about 35 years however they have completely different ideas about immigrant status. Bharati married an American citizen while Mira has a green card and works in pre-school education. Bharati has embraced her new found American identity whole heartedly while Mira prefers to maintain a green card. Mira feels that while she loves
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CROSS CULTURE & IDENTITY CRISIS IN BHARATHI MUKHERJEE’S JASMINE ABSTRACT Bharati Mukherjee in her novel Jasmine 1989 longs to speak in her own voice and give a personal version of what it means to be an emigrant especially a female immigrant. Her struggle to identify herself with the new host country enables her to write from a wider and more exciting angle. She writes how the female protagonist tries to tackle the problem of loss of culture and endeavors to assume a new identity in America
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ABSTRACT Globalization seems to have brought a sea change in many post-colonial nations. Cultural hybridity is a positive consequence of globalization. Consequently there is a conflict in the diasporic communities between the majority and minority cultures. It is difficult to be estranged from one’s native culture. A desire to establish an identity in a new culture appears to be desirable and difficult. Bharathi Mukharji focuses on the quest for identity of the diasporic women and shows the varied
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