could also change or alter how we think of ourselves. One example of how cultures affect us is an Indian lady named Bharati Mukherjee sharing her experiences with people outside of her culture. In Bharati Mukherjee’s personal essay‚ “Two Ways to Belong in America‚” she talks about the ups and downs of the American culture from her and her sister‚ Mira’s‚ experiences. Since Bharati is more adaptive to the "American way of life‚" she really doesn’t mind the
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BHARATI MUKHERJEE Two Ways to Belong in America Born in 1940 and raised in Calcutta‚ India‚ Bharati Mukherjee immigrated to the United States in 1961 and earned an M.F.A. and a Ph.D. in literature. Mukherjee is the author of several novels‚ including Tiger’s Daughter (1972) and Jasmine (1989)‚ and short story collections‚ such as The Middleman and Other Stories (1988). She teaches literature and fiction writing at the University of California‚ Berkeley. "Two Ways to Belong in America" first
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The way one sees the world is vastly different from person to person. An art student walking down the street sees in jewel-bright colors through a kaleidoscope‚ and greets a total stranger like he’s an old friend. A journalist looks out the window of the train and sees the world whizz by in the greyscale regularity of the newspapers he writes‚ on his way to interview a man he knows like the back of his hand thanks to wikipedia. A veteran returning home gets off the plane and sees the city in muted
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cultures and traditions coexist in the same environment. However‚ with in families there is usually a set of traditions and customs that are upheld across generations and when there is a break in those practices problems arise. The Indian novelist Bharati Mukherjee‚ depicts a culture clash between‚ American culture and Hindu culture in her short story “A Father”. Culture clashes are usually thought of occurring between foreigners‚ but a culture clash can also occur within a house hold. An example of such
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You’ve probably seen the comparison‚ a woman in a bikini and sunglasses looking judgmentally at a woman in a burqa‚ who is looking back the same way. Both women are thinking‚ “What a cruel‚ male-dominated culture.”. The thoughts provoked by each site are the same‚ but for completely opposite reasons. The reasons are dictated by the perception the women’s cultures have given them. An individual’s culture has an immense influence on the way they see the world and people around them. I believe your
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differences that lead them to different beliefs. In the story “Everyday Use‚” by Alice Walker‚ protagonist Maggie and her sister Dee both have different views on their own heritage. Also‚ in the story “Two Ways to Belong in America‚” by Bharati Mukherjee‚ sisters Mira and Bharati have the same relationship. Both sisters from each story have to embrace their backgrounds‚ while the other one assimilates to a new culture. Seemingly‚ in the two stories “Everyday Use” and “Two Ways to Belong to America‚” both
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“By choosing a husband who was not my fathers selection‚ I was opting… and renouncing 3‚000 years (atleast) of caste observant ‘pure culture’ marriage in the Mukherjee family”(Muhkerjee89). Even though she was born and raised an Indian she did not want to choose the traditional Indian spouse. In contrast‚ her sister Mira even after becoming an American citizen was still attached to her Indian descent. “After 36
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Racism is one of the biggest problems in the world today. Racism still exists in our schools and everywhere people gather around. People have the wrong idea about racism and its causes. They think that that people are born with racism which in fact is a myth. Racism depends on how people are raised and what they see as they are growing up. By the time children are in kindergarten‚ they start seeing different colors of students and start to question their teachers and teachers tell them not to discriminate
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Ever wonder what it is like to go to another country? Imagine trying to understand everything and everyone’s cultural belief. It would be extremely different. A person’s cultural information views the way someone else sees others and the world because it shows how their beliefs affect others and what they do. Many countries have many different beliefs which affect the way they do things. For example in the text: An Indians Fathers Plea‚ the father says‚ “He is a full basket coming into a different
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A Wife’s Story Moving to a new country is an emotional hardship and even harder when you leave family behind. Bharati Mukherjee uses her outlook on American as a new country to tell her story. By using American culture‚ conformity‚ and loss‚ the gains and losses of a new arrival becomes apparent in Bharati Mukherjee’s “A Wife’s Story.” Mukherjee uses American culture to expand and express Panna’s out look on the new culture she is placed into. The normal ways of conducting herself in India
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