Alice Walker's 'Two Ways To Belong In America'

Cultural heritage is what makes us unique, but that is only half this candid lie. Our experiences, how someone’s parents raised them, and their personal opinions is also what makes us one of a kind. A person’s religion or family traditions can impact their culture heritage. Despite these qualities, world knowledge, personal opinions, and experience can be inherent part of inheritance, it is the way the human works. Culture sometimes affects our heritage to convey the importance of opinions and traditions. Alice Walker’s main character, Maggie, in “Everyday Use,” lived her life the way she wanted to with her own distinct set of values, she was not guided by religion but by the end of the story, she was introduced into her family tradition from the quilt. Walker does this to show that not only does your life determined by an unknown entity’s culture background, but also by someone’s personal opinions. What she learned was that she doesn’t have to rely on herself, but yet, she can lean onto her culture if guidance is needed. In Bharati Mukherjee’s “Two Ways to Belong in America,” Bharati had a strong culture background and abandoned it while her sister Mira was strong towards her culture and religion. Bharati began with religion and family traditions, …show more content…
Amy’s mom told her she had no opinion as a woman and had to follow men’s order. She had no option but to rebel against her mother. For instance, the mom pushed her towards taking piano lessons and she tried to participate for a talent show, soon after that, the mother had figured out that her daughter is not like all the other Asian children and was not as special as she thought. This was a breakthrough for Amy and meant she was free to finally to have her own opinions and values, but her mom was still in denial in the fact she should obey her cultural