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 Maggie and Mira accept and celebrate their heritage. Maggie from “Everyday Use” embraces
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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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people? A person’s culture informs the way he or she views others and the world because of one’s personal past and experiences affecting their point-of-view and/or perspective. Knowing that culture defines who we are‚ we can affect others as they affect even more people‚ etc. Acting like a chain reaction in how we view the world. How we view the world can be told from many different sources such as; “Two Ways to Belong in America”‚ “An Indian Father’s Plea”‚ and “Two Kinds”. These sources explaining our
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Me‚ Myself and I Even though there are ongoing research to decipher the human mind in hopes to understand the way the mind works‚ we are no closer to understanding than when research first began in my opinion. How many times do we find ourselves trying to understand strangers‚ even our closest relatives‚ especially if they were faced with a situation in which the expected outcome was far from being reached? How many times did we replay the situation over and over in our heads with the
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the three short stories: “Everyday Use”‚ “Two Ways to Belong in America” and “An Indian Father’s Plea”‚ it is easy to see how cultures influenced the people. The different cultures challenged the characters from each of the stories and affected how they viewed others and the world around them. In “Everyday Use”‚ it was Dee‚ who adapted to a new culture and way of living. She became educated and learned about her heritage and culture. This affected the way she viewed life. Instead of being like her
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be tied to a person’s cultural beliefs as well. Culture greatly informs the way one views others because of culture‚ religion‚ etc.‚ make up your individuality/ individual identity. People see others the way they were raised to see them‚ and the way our culture and environment expects us to see them. In the story‚ “Everyday Life” by Alice Walker‚ one of the main characters‚ Maggie‚ didn’t let her culture affect the way she viewed others or the world‚ though.
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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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example of adjusting to a standard American culture and its effects on a 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
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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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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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