allowing differences to exist and reaching a compromise. Lahiri drew the readers into the witness of different people battling with the obstacles they encounter. While some people like Mrs Sens‚ fell to the abysm of culture-displacement because of her unwillingness to adjust herself into the new society; whereas for individuals like Mr Kapasi‚ are stopped by the hindrance of misunderstanding on the way of bridging the culture gap. However‚ tolerance can resolve the difficulty in the coexisting culture‚
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Who I am as cultural being? Culturally‚ I identify myself as Hungarian/American Christian. I am also a first-generation American. It is essential to identify this‚ it relates to my sense of belonging‚ self-perception and ethnicity. All of witch shaped the person I am today. However‚ at some point in time‚ my cultural being has presented confusion for some people‚ (including myself ) as I was born in Romania into Hungarian family‚ raised in Transylvania in a White/Hungarian community. As a result
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potential. One’s identity is formed and influenced by the groups one belongs to. Humans are by nature sociable beings that must learn to cooperate for peaceful existence to occur but are also individual personalities who seek their own self fulfilment. Belonging to groups; family‚ social or environmental groups‚ can have immeasurable benefits. But while groups do provide one with a sense of identity‚ security and protection it can however result in sacrifices to selfhood and can entail certain inevitable
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into the music‚ so I played piano like crazy when I was a child. When we visiting relatives‚ mom always let me perform in front of people‚ and as every time I heard “what a music talented kid”‚ I feel so proud and appreciate my mother’s effort she putted in to teach me. Because my mom‚ I labelled and recognised as the “piano kid” in my family. Just like Sadral‚ a “black” looking girl who rised up by white parents‚ inhibit all the “white features” and acting nothing like a “Black” person‚ although people
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Belonging to America My grandfather always used to explain to me how lucky I was to be able to be an American. He would inform me on how valuable it was and how I should never take it for granted. He expressed that I should feel honored to be able to have all the opportunities I do. I never understood him growing up. I did not understand how growing up somewhere‚ like America‚ versus another country could be any different. I understand now. When I was younger‚ my mother would tell different stories
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‘Our sense of self is very vulnerable to external pressures’ In everyday life‚ humans are surrounded with pressures that can influence the formation of their identity. External pressures such as the environment we live in‚ the culture we belong to and the presence of other people‚ are often uncontrollable and can have a crucial impact on our sense of self. This idea is explored in great depth in Ray Lawler’s classic Australian play‚ “The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll”‚ where it is reflected how
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conform‚ a deeper sense of belonging to one’s self can be achieved. The need to belong is innate in humans and it is this thirst that drives individuals to disregard personal wants for society’s expectations. But by rejecting social orders‚ individuals may stray from society’s expectations in pursuit of an individual fulfillment. The notion of conformity is seen in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller where individuals conform to be included in the safety net of belonging. The song Numb by Linkin
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“A CRITICAL SOCIETY MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR CHILDEREN AND TEENERGERS FROM MINORITY CULTURES AND GROUPS TO FIND A WAY TO BELONG” Good morning ladies and gentlemen Today I’d like to discuss and persuade you that a critical society makes it difficult for teenagers and children from minority cultures and groups to find a way to belong to a foreign country. I am discussing three characters( Simon tong‚ Hoa pham and Diana ngyuen) in Alice Pung’s text Growing up Asian in Australia and experience of my
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community or group. Moreover‚ they do not have to challenge a group per se‚ but can accompany this challenging of conformity with enriching the community‚ making it better off and richer and adding value to it from their involvement. Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It‚’ Jim Loach’s ‘Oranges and Sunshine’ and Armin Greder’s ‘The Island’ convey how individuals have this potential and choose to act accordingly due to personal beliefs‚ morals‚ consequences or even unknowingly. JACQUES * When an individual
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Step 1: Generating Ideas * Read Destiny by Shalini Akhil * Answer the following questions: The text a) Who are the characters? b) What is a lungi‚ and what are rotis? c) What do you think is the message of this piece? Yourself d) What did you want to be “when you grew up”? Try to remember a really idealistic dream from when you were quite young. Go back to that memory and write a paragraph describing all the details of that dream: why you wanted it‚ how you imagined yourself to look
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