nature‚ if no species mature‚ life itself ceases. The same concept applies to culture. Cultural stagnation indicates a dying culture‚ but cultural conflict “stirs up the pond”. In Bharati Mukherjee’s American Dreamer‚ Mukherjee analyzes cultural conflict through her experience emigrating from Calcutta to North America. She describes individual and holistic responses and reactions to immigration that she discovers among several levels of society. Just as rose bush develops both flowers and thorns
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Bharati Mukherjee Bharati Mukherjee was born on July 27‚ 1940 in Calcutta‚ India. (Pradhan ) She was born into a wealthy family‚ which assisted her in her dream of becoming a writer. She lived in India‚ Europe‚ the United States‚ and Canada. Migrating to these countries that are so different from her place of birth enabled her to write very powerful novels on immigrant experiences. Mukherjee’s novels focus on exploring the migration and the feeling of alienation that is experienced by these
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have determination. Bharati Mukherjee illustrates how Jasmine takes on new names and identities to transform herself as she travels through America to achieve what she believes is “ The American Dream”. The major idea of being this “ American Dreamer” is to search for your real identity(“The Great”). Being born in India and coming to America she is an immigrant. Jasmine has gone through a lot as a child and as a young adult. For instance‚ violence and men. Through her eyes America is seen as an opportunity
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Bharati Mukherjee in her writings criticizes the assumptions entrenched in the western minds about the immigrants from India and other countries. She addresses the issue of multiculturalism which has a tremendous influence on the making of “new” Americans. She insists that the greater presence of non-European immigrants after the liberalisation of immigrant laws in 1965 has a terrific impact on the national identity of America. She maintains a clear distinction between Canada and USA and condemns
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The novel Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee‚ is a compelling story of a women’s seemingly never ending triumphs that help her to grow and form into a mature adult. Jasmine‚ the main character‚ goes through many stages and with those stages new personalities‚ to endure the hardships she faces. A theme that runs constantly throughout the novel is the theme of hope. The theme of Hope is shown in the novel Jasmine when Jasmine gets raped‚ when her husband dies‚ when and lastly when she has to choose between
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Writing Assignments The thing that is most significant about this title was that you have to realize the true essence of judging a person for being regular instead of judging someone by their handicap.The title’s significance seems to be a certain way of getting to know what the article may be about.The title itself gives off a sense of mystery being that the title is drawing the reader into actually finding out what this article is going to be about. It is like the author had wanted to make the
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CROSS CULTURAL CONFLICT IN “THE TIGER’S DAUGHTER” OF BHARATI MUKHERJEE Rajaram Solaimalai Associate Professor in English‚ Thiagarajar College of Engineering‚ Madurai625 015 Tamil Nadu‚ India email: sreng@tce.tce website: www.tce.edu ____________________________________________________________ ____________ ABSTRACT: Bharati Mukherjee‚ an Indian born American novelist‚ is a familiar voice in the Indian Diaspora. Her fiction truly reflects the temperament and mood of the present American
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Assessment #2 How does culture make us who we are? Culture constantly instructs the way one views others in the world. People have many different ways of thinking and doing things‚ therefore everyone will not see eye to eye when it comes to explaining how culture constantly instructs the way one views others in the world. Family life and culture influences the way we see things. Like in “Two Ways to Belong in America” Mira is influenced by her family’s Indian culture. Even though she lives in the U
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Maalouf and Mukherjee: The Path to Self-Identity The two articles "Two Ways to Belong in America” (Bharati Mukherjee‚ 1996) and "Deadly Identities"(Amin Maalouf‚ 1998) are two articles that are different in its own way. Although both the authors discuss about their experience as immigrants; their supporting points vary and Maalouf’s is organized better than Mukherjee’s article. Maalouf’s article is well organized and supports their argument using various justifications. Even though both Mukherjee’s
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Author’s Biography: Arun P. Mukherjee is currently a professor of English at York University in Toronto‚ Canada. She has researched and taught Canadian‚ Indian and South Asian literatures. She did her graduate work in English at the University of Saugar‚ India and earned a Ph. D in Canada at the University of Toronto. She has written many books‚ and she has translated a novel written in Dalit. Rhetorical Precis: In Arun P. Mukherjee’s chapter‚ “Ideology in the Classroom—A Case Study in the Teaching
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