On The Outside Rupinder Gill: Summary

In On The Outside Rupinder Gill Looking Indian, Rupinder is not happy with her life: “That left my white friends as my only source of comparison, and it seemed fairly clear that we had very different lives.” This is exactly what I feel being as a minority in the country. I would say I am not a part of the Canadian spirit, because I am narrowed of my native root, causing me to become a weirdo who have a totally different identity than the rest. As of the culture, it creates a huge gap between my parents and I. My parents don’t understand what the modern society is like, they still apply the Chinese tradition in Canada. At the same time, my friends don’t understand me because of my nationality. These are not what I want. I just want to be a normal kid that can fit into my age group and the western culture. …show more content…
Her story reminds me that living in a second generation here in Canada while practicing our own ethnic practice is hard. First of all, I never experience life being a native; Second, I never accept any education that are closely related to my cultural background. It is unlike other students who study in their home countries, experience life that are traditional to them. When I was the age of six, people around me were all Chinese. At that time, I felt to be lucky because I am growing up in a community where my surrounding has similar practice and race as me. As for this reason, I practiced my own culture as vital. But what I expected never appeared. Some of my schoolmates were trying to forget their actual nationality, they said, “Our look do look like we are Chinese.Yes, we are. But so what? It doesn’t mean we need to be an inside-out Chinese.” I paused for a minute and struggling which one is better whether Chinese culture or fitting in. I strived with it for a few days. And I ended up realizing that conforming the rest would be the best, because it made my life even more