America is known to be home to many cultures. America is a place where people can improve their lifestyle, get better education opportunities, and live the American dream to fulfill their wishes. In the short story “Everyday Use” written by Alice Walker and the personal essay “Two Ways to Belong in America” written by Bharati Mukherjee we read about sisters who share similarities and differences. In the pairing of Maggie and Mira we see them both embrace their original cultures and find no reason to adapt to a different but in Bharati and Dee’s case, they both chose to embrace the American culture.
Mira was born in Calcutta, India. She grew up wearing saris and grew up in a family where you marry a man who shares the same culture as yourself. Bharati Mukherjee writes, “My sister is an expatriate, professionally generous and creative, socially courteous and gracious, and that's as far as her Americanization can go. She is here to maintain an identity, not transform it.” Which shows that instead of forgetting her roots, Mira chooses to continue living her life following the Indian culture and that nothing can get her to become an American citizen. Mukherjee says, “I’ll become a U.S citizen for now, then change back to Indian when I’m ready to go home.” Which supports the idea that America was never a permanent area for Mira and that …show more content…
Bharati was open to the ideas in American culture and Dee wanted to learn more about her culture, but in a different way which led to her embracing her African-American culture using what she learned about it. On top of Dee learning about the culture she also found the American culture to express her self. Mire chose to remain in the culture she grew to be in but Maggie did not know any better and was too shy to move away from her comfort
Mira was born in Calcutta, India. She grew up wearing saris and grew up in a family where you marry a man who shares the same culture as yourself. Bharati Mukherjee writes, “My sister is an expatriate, professionally generous and creative, socially courteous and gracious, and that's as far as her Americanization can go. She is here to maintain an identity, not transform it.” Which shows that instead of forgetting her roots, Mira chooses to continue living her life following the Indian culture and that nothing can get her to become an American citizen. Mukherjee says, “I’ll become a U.S citizen for now, then change back to Indian when I’m ready to go home.” Which supports the idea that America was never a permanent area for Mira and that …show more content…
Bharati was open to the ideas in American culture and Dee wanted to learn more about her culture, but in a different way which led to her embracing her African-American culture using what she learned about it. On top of Dee learning about the culture she also found the American culture to express her self. Mire chose to remain in the culture she grew to be in but Maggie did not know any better and was too shy to move away from her comfort