with different goals. The Spanish was the first to come over in the 1500’s and quickly took jurisdiction over the southwest and Florida‚ their quest was to find gold‚ glory‚ and their God. Next‚ about 1530’s the French‚ perusing the northwest passage‚ came to Canada. After they had secured Canada they traveled down the Mississippi river and claimed all the land from the great lakes to Louisiana. France’s main goal was to
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Ronald Takaki examines the struggles Mexicans faced in obtaining equal rights in his book‚ A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America. According to Takaki‚ the American people and government affected Mexican lifestyles through encroachment on their rights‚ starting just before the Mexican-American War. Takaki posits that “political restrictions” made it difficult for Mexicans to secure their “rights as citizens” and maintain their “rights as landowners” (167). Takaki explains that
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from our American society. The people in America seem to be less understanding‚ and less willing to accept cultures different from their own‚ at least years ago. Groups such as the Indians‚ the African Americans‚ and the Immigrants‚ fall deeply into this category. The situations and struggles they have gone through are greatly explained in Ronald Takaki’s novel‚ “A Different Mirror‚ A History of a Multicultural America.” Although they have experienced a lot‚ particular financial and social configuration
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A Different Mirror: Takaki’s use of the Tempest In the first chapter of “A Different Mirror” by Ronald Takaki‚ he explains stereotypes and biases of white‚ Eurocentric attitudes that have been with us since the earliest days of the colonies and settlements here. Beginning with the early colonists and their treatment of the natives‚ there is a pattern of ruthless acquisition of land and goods. According to Takaki‚ the early settlers judged native americans as lacking everything identifiable in
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Americas as inferior due to their lack of clothing and cleanliness. This initial view of Caliban can also be seen to represent the "De-evolution" or "dehumanization" of natives and of what was seen at the time in the African people‚ as referenced by Takaki in his analyzation of the play where Shakespeare depicted him as a "barbarian" and "savage incapable of nurture (I.ii.37). Using this as not only a description of Caliban’s nature but also as justification for the treatement of not only him but also
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Different Mirror by Takaki‚ talks about American history of the exploration age with Christopher Columbus as he encountered the native people of Caribbean‚ riots by L.A and the relationship of multiculturalism with the American society. The book has a unique aspect in that Takaki uses his major ethnic character as Caliban and also uses Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Although he uses literature as the background of history‚ it shows in the real what experiences and situations most of the immigrants go
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In Chapter 8 of A Different Mirror Takaki talks about the experience and the reason why The Chinese immigrated to the U.S in the late 1800’s. He also talks about the work and jobs the Chinese people were able to produce. While some did experience the same discrimination and racism as many other immigrant groups during this time such as Eastern Europeans‚ Irish‚ and‚ later‚ Mexicans‚ the United States seemed to welcome the Chinese immigrants and their labor. Takaki talks about a time when the Chinese
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MIRROR MIRROR The idea of not looking in a mirror for three consecutive days seems quite obnoxious‚ not to mention a challenge‚ but then again the feeling was what kick started my experience for the same. At first I inverted my mirror to help me get started on my assignment but that was purely for the sake of the assignment and didn’t mean any more than that. But‚ a few hours into the experiment‚ I found myself making silly excuses to look at my reflection for reasons that I thought were valid
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myself in the long mirror behind it. I was convinced that within the mirror there was another world‚ another dimension in which another me lived. Mirror Me was perfect in my eyes for even then I knew the real me wasn’t. I found solace in knowing that somewhere there was version of myself that was perfect and I suppose this is where my deep fascination with my reflection was born. But things are so different now. Gone are the days when I could converse with my reflection in the mirror‚ to do that now
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Mirror‚ Mirror “Mirror‚ Mirror on the wall‚ who is the fairest of us all”. We all know the famous quote from the Fairy tale‚ but do we know that the answer should be “ME”. Although that might sound conceited‚ the fact is that every person should have the ability of looking in the mirror and saying‚ “that’s me and I love me!” Mark Twain once said “The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.” Loving yourself is not an easy thing to do but it is worth the effort. Loving yourself
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