Amy Tan Culture

How does your culture, religion, and life experience change the way you see the world? There is so many amazing things about culture. The different holidays we celebrate, the way we view situations, and religions we turn to in need are all things that only happen because of culture and life experiences. Your culture effects the way you see the world because of how you were raised, religion you follow, and over all the different types of people you have had the pleasure, or displeasure, of meeting in your lifetime.
When you were young did your parents ever make you participate in something you did not enjoy? This is how Jing-mei felt in the story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan. In the beginning of this story the main character states, “After seeing, once again, my mother’s disappointed face, something inside me began to die (Tan 19)” She did not enjoy disappointing her mother but an experience like this can pull a child two different directions. Jing-mei could have grown to try to be perfect in all she does, or go to rebel and now accept her fate to not try. Towards the end of …show more content…
This piece of art really shows how she takes her culture with her everywhere she goes. Kahlo painted this self-portrait after an abrupt move to the United States for her husband’s art career. On one side of the painting you can see the beautiful colors and detail that went into the recreation of her heritage. On the other side of the painting it is dark, dreary, and very industrialized. There is a visible and emotional contrast that you can feel when looking at the painting. What she had experienced with her culture in Mexico caused her to view the United States in a negative way. She did not even give it a chance do to the fact that she had the blinders on of the country she knew and loved. Her culture carried with her into an entirely different