What Is The Transition From Conformity To The Mexican Family
(18617) LARZELERE, KAITLYN E.
From Mexico arrives a family of Spanish-speaking immigrants. This family of immigrants applies for, and is granted, American citizenship. While the newly-inducted Americans attempt to begin their lives in America, they struggle to find jobs, safe housing, and a proper source of education. Additionally, the Mexican family struggles to mix with the culture of America. Struggling to break the language and cultural barriers between Mexicans and Americans, the Mexican family experiences many difficulties faced by separate ethnicties of American immigrants. Immigrants come to America in order to prosper and expand from their previous life styles. During this process of induction into America, some people believe that America …show more content…
For instance, in an image taken by Timothy A. Clary, before a nationalization ceremony takes place, the citizens that are to become American citizens are each given hand-held American flags. An act of conformity is being displayed because new immigrants are being encouraged to strictly support America, since the American flag only represents the country of America. Similarly, immigrants view the force to support America as, "...someone who is willing to give up his own culture and submerge himself into the dominant, and in this case, the oppressive culture" (A Raisin in the Sun, 6). From the play "A Raisin in the Sun", the previous statement was made by Beneatha, a proud supporter of her African culture, about the meaning of someone being assimilated to the society that is not their own. Beneatha views America as an oppressive culture; a culture that forces its will on the smaller cultures, causing the smaller cultures to submerge into the American culture. This submerison and loss of self culture further contributes to the sense of conformity in America because the immigrant feels the need to only live by and support the American
From Mexico arrives a family of Spanish-speaking immigrants. This family of immigrants applies for, and is granted, American citizenship. While the newly-inducted Americans attempt to begin their lives in America, they struggle to find jobs, safe housing, and a proper source of education. Additionally, the Mexican family struggles to mix with the culture of America. Struggling to break the language and cultural barriers between Mexicans and Americans, the Mexican family experiences many difficulties faced by separate ethnicties of American immigrants. Immigrants come to America in order to prosper and expand from their previous life styles. During this process of induction into America, some people believe that America …show more content…
For instance, in an image taken by Timothy A. Clary, before a nationalization ceremony takes place, the citizens that are to become American citizens are each given hand-held American flags. An act of conformity is being displayed because new immigrants are being encouraged to strictly support America, since the American flag only represents the country of America. Similarly, immigrants view the force to support America as, "...someone who is willing to give up his own culture and submerge himself into the dominant, and in this case, the oppressive culture" (A Raisin in the Sun, 6). From the play "A Raisin in the Sun", the previous statement was made by Beneatha, a proud supporter of her African culture, about the meaning of someone being assimilated to the society that is not their own. Beneatha views America as an oppressive culture; a culture that forces its will on the smaller cultures, causing the smaller cultures to submerge into the American culture. This submerison and loss of self culture further contributes to the sense of conformity in America because the immigrant feels the need to only live by and support the American