Free Essay Assigment: Americanah
Prof. Timothy Kirk
Philosophy 103
Essay Assigment- Americanah by Chimmanda Ngozi Adichie
When immigrants from foreign countries come to the United States they are classified into many categories such as race, religion, ethnicity, etc. They leave their own country miles apart and discover themselves into a very different person, whom they never thought of they would become. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s newest noble, “Americanah,” has introduced us with a story of a girl named Ifemulu who came to America and faced the biggest challenge of her life. And through out this essay I will explore the different ways in which Ifemelu incorporate questions about her “blackness” into the formation of her identity. I will illustrate in what ways Ifemelu believes she is black and in what ways believes she is not. I will also give a definition of “black” as I think Ifemelu would define the concept.
One of the themes that have emerged from …show more content…
not black” (Adichie, 338). According to Ifemelu the definition of black would be, “Black is not the color that can determines a person’s race, black is not the word that anyone would call you, black is not the world that would describe anyone’s skin color, rather black is simply one of the many colors like white, blue & red.” But people in the United States refer to the black people as just one category even though they came from different countries with different backgrounds. She also wrote, “When my father …who get it” (Adichie, 362). It’s not the black color which is the problem but rather the history that drags people back in time to slavery and still makes the sme different between the white and black. It is possible that maybe your skin color is black but it is not necessary that you must be black. Black to me is the color that you teach 3 years, in P.K. I don’t know why it is differentiated as black/white instead of the country/continent they came
Philosophy 103
Essay Assigment- Americanah by Chimmanda Ngozi Adichie
When immigrants from foreign countries come to the United States they are classified into many categories such as race, religion, ethnicity, etc. They leave their own country miles apart and discover themselves into a very different person, whom they never thought of they would become. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s newest noble, “Americanah,” has introduced us with a story of a girl named Ifemulu who came to America and faced the biggest challenge of her life. And through out this essay I will explore the different ways in which Ifemelu incorporate questions about her “blackness” into the formation of her identity. I will illustrate in what ways Ifemelu believes she is black and in what ways believes she is not. I will also give a definition of “black” as I think Ifemelu would define the concept.
One of the themes that have emerged from …show more content…
not black” (Adichie, 338). According to Ifemelu the definition of black would be, “Black is not the color that can determines a person’s race, black is not the word that anyone would call you, black is not the world that would describe anyone’s skin color, rather black is simply one of the many colors like white, blue & red.” But people in the United States refer to the black people as just one category even though they came from different countries with different backgrounds. She also wrote, “When my father …who get it” (Adichie, 362). It’s not the black color which is the problem but rather the history that drags people back in time to slavery and still makes the sme different between the white and black. It is possible that maybe your skin color is black but it is not necessary that you must be black. Black to me is the color that you teach 3 years, in P.K. I don’t know why it is differentiated as black/white instead of the country/continent they came