Getting into the US can in some ways be easy‚ if you have not done anything wrong that is. In Bharati Mukherjee’s “Two Ways to Belong in America”‚ I am introduced to a character Mira‚ who‚ up to a point is either refusing to gain US citizenship or thinks that having a green card‚ work visa‚ and pays taxes is good enough to call herself a citizen of the US. I believe Mira is acting incredibly selfish by not trying or even thinking of gaining US citizenship. I understand she does not want to lose her
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determines where we belong” Today‚ we explore the relationship between our identity and where we belong. Identity. What is it? Is it how other people describe us‚ how we answer‚ “Who are you?” or how we perceive ourselves. Either way‚ as members of the human race in general‚ we strongly desire to belong in one way or another. We belong to many groups during the course of a lifetime‚ some subtler than others. Gender‚ race and family are all examples of groups that one typically belongs to. However‚ our
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person’s identity in "Two Ways to Belong in America." {……}Two sisters mira and bharati are from calcutta lived in the united states for about 35 years as they do seem to disagree on the subject of of the status on immigrants .location affects one’s culture because of the people one is surrounded by and educational opportunities . Location is everything . the short story “two way to belong in america “.the author bharati Mukherjee portrays their different view on status of immigrants and
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“Two Ways to Belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee is about Bharati and her sister Mira who have emigrated from Calcutta‚ India to America. They have lived in the United States for about 35 years however they have completely different ideas about immigrant status. Bharati married an American citizen while Mira has a green card and works in pre-school education. Bharati has embraced her new found American identity whole heartedly while Mira prefers to maintain a green card. Mira feels that while
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sure that the bones actually belong to King Richard. Who is to make the decision that the bones are truly his though? Without all of the evidence supporting positive‚ who is to know? Scientists are continuously trying to work out the case. They compared DNA of the skeleton to those of living posterity. They concluded that it in fact matched the king from what they could tell. The tests that some scientists and archeologists ran were; DNA samples‚ cutting edge x-ray tomography‚ carbon dating
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1. The lowest level of India’s society‚ considered “untouchables” were called _______ Pariahs‚ “harijans”‚ “Untouchables”‚ “Outcastes”‚ Dalit‚ “Children of God” 2. The priests in Hinduism belong to what caste? Brahmins 3. What is “Dharma”? “Path of Life”‚ religious teachings of Hinduism – (“eternal order‚ religion & law of the universe)‚ Also – the teachings of Buddha in Buddhism. 4. Which of the religions or philosophies does not worship clergy or gods? Confucianism‚ Buddhism
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In “Two Ways to Belong in America‚” Bharati Mukherjee writes about her struggles self-identifying while being an immigrant in America from Calcutta‚ India‚ accompanied with her sister by her side. Bharati and her sister move to America to attend college and get jobs with their degrees. While both sister agreed to return to India when done‚ they both took different routes. Mira married an Indian man she met in college‚ had her job of a preschool teacher which she loved dearly‚ and stuck to her Indian
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above the readers’ level‚ this makes them difficult to achieve its content. And so comprehension may be broken down. To help learners solve this problem during their learning process‚ the teacher should be careful in selecting a text so that he can create his learners’ interest to go through the text. As a teacher of English I recognize that one of the factors influencing the reading process is the text itself. Giving students reading material that is ‘too difficult’ is damaging to the learning process
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“The use of fossil fuels‚ such as coal and oil‚ belongs to the past.” For the time being‚ the world is mostly dependent on the use of fossil fuels. All the infrastructure is fossil fuel based. i.e. if the world runs out of fossil fuels now‚ there won’t be any alternative energy source to power the entire world. Fossil fuels are usually found in rock formations containing fossils from decomposed animals and plants. The formation of fossil fuels happens in the course of hundreds of millions of years
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is proven true by an assortment of short stories and personal essays‚ in which the authors or their characters express how they can relate to the central idea of having a culture that truly distinguishes them and their actions. The attitudes toward particular cultures plays an important role in someone’s view of the
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