Emeka English comp I 08 October 2013 In the story “two ways to belong to America” the author and narrator Bharati addressed an issue of images of immigrants in America‚ and what it truly means to belong to a country. In Bharati short story “two ways to belong to America” she talks and her and her sister experience as first time immigrants migrating from India to America. At their arrival to America they were similar in a lot of ways‚ appearance and attitudes-views and sentiments. They were
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culture is what makes a person is a bland definition. Culture is what makes people able to say that they are different and allows them to have a different perspective in daily life. In the text such as “Legal Alien”‚ “Ethnic Hash” and “Two Ways to Belong in America”‚ they make shown that other cultures and ones own may play a role in how one views others and the world. In Pat Mora’s poem “Legal Alien”‚ it shows readers that people are sometimes guided by the culture of others. “Able to sit in a paneled
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Me‚ Myself and I Even though there are ongoing research to decipher the human mind in hopes to understand the way the mind works‚ we are no closer to understanding than when research first began in my opinion. How many times do we find ourselves trying to understand strangers‚ even our closest relatives‚ especially if they were faced with a situation in which the expected outcome was far from being reached? How many times did we replay the situation over and over in our heads with the
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Two Ways to Belong in America Tiffany Detter PRPE 108 October 3‚ 2012 Caparas Mukherjee states‚ “In one family‚ from two sisters alike as peas in a pod‚ there could not be a wider divergence of immigrant experience.” (p. 282). Bharati Mukherjee was born and raised in Calcutta‚ India and immigrated to the United States in 1961 to earn an M.F.A. and a Ph. D. in literature. In “Two Ways to Belong in America‚” Mukherjee addresses the issues that confront immigrants in America. In this passage
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the way we view the world and others. Every culture has different perceptions on subjects such as religion‚ government‚ family‚ war‚ etc. If you were raised in a certain culture your point of views of the world are going to be different than those of another person. However‚ one’s culture can change throughout the years and one can change their point of views. But culture still had that influence in the person in how they view the world. In the personal essay “Two ways to belong in America” by Bharati
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the three short stories: “Everyday Use”‚ “Two Ways to Belong in America” and “An Indian Father’s Plea”‚ it is easy to see how cultures influenced the people. The different cultures challenged the characters from each of the stories and affected how they viewed others and the world around them. In “Everyday Use”‚ it was Dee‚ who adapted to a new culture and way of living. She became educated and learned about her heritage and culture. This affected the way she viewed life. Instead of being like her
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well. Culture greatly informs the way one views others because of culture‚ religion‚ etc.‚ make up your individuality/ individual identity. People see others the way they were raised to see them‚ and the way our culture and environment expects us to see them. In the story‚ “Everyday Life” by Alice Walker‚ one of the main characters‚ Maggie‚ didn’t let her culture affect the way she viewed others or the world‚ though.
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Getting into the US can in some ways be easy‚ if you have not done anything wrong that is. In Bharati Mukherjee’s “Two Ways to Belong in America”‚ I am introduced to a character Mira‚ who‚ up to a point is either refusing to gain US citizenship or thinks that having a green card‚ work visa‚ and pays taxes is good enough to call herself a citizen of the US. I believe Mira is acting incredibly selfish by not trying or even thinking of gaining US citizenship. I understand she does not want to lose her
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“Two Ways 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
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them. Culture substantially informs the way one views the world and others. This is proven true by an assortment of short stories and personal essays‚ in which the authors or their characters express how they can relate to the central idea of having a culture that truly distinguishes them and their actions. The attitudes toward particular cultures plays an important role in someone’s view of the
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