Everyone is an outcast in their own way. Someone may be outcasted by one group of people, but accepted by a different group. Being an outcast and the idea of outcasts is a universal topic because wherever you go will be different than the place you grew up, which can make you an outsider. It can be hard to understand why people exclude someone just because they are different, but it can also be quite simple. Being an outcast can either be a weakness or it can be a strength. It all depends on the situation.
Everybody has their own way of being an outcast, even if it is just being outcasted by one group. A lot of people are friends with the people who accept them for who they are, even if they are excluded from a different group of people. The story By Any …show more content…
Someone visiting a different country, like Japan, may find some of the things they do strange, or even weird. That is because the person who visited Japan was not originally from Japan and therefore did not know or learn all of the customs. Just as that person was an outsider when they visited Japan, a Japanese person visiting America would probably think that some of the things Americans do is strange or weird. This may not always be the case, though, because some people research a country before they visit. Heritage can also play a part in someone being considered an outsider. In the story By Any Other Name, Premila and her younger sister, Santha, are forced to change their name in school to English names because it would help make them “fit in.” Even after changing their names, the girls are still outcasted from the English and Anglo-Indian kids. In paragraph 27, Santh says, “Even at that age it was apparent to all of us that friendship with the English or Anglo-Indian children was out of the question.” This helps show that someone’s ethnicity and background can cause them to be
Everybody has their own way of being an outcast, even if it is just being outcasted by one group. A lot of people are friends with the people who accept them for who they are, even if they are excluded from a different group of people. The story By Any …show more content…
Someone visiting a different country, like Japan, may find some of the things they do strange, or even weird. That is because the person who visited Japan was not originally from Japan and therefore did not know or learn all of the customs. Just as that person was an outsider when they visited Japan, a Japanese person visiting America would probably think that some of the things Americans do is strange or weird. This may not always be the case, though, because some people research a country before they visit. Heritage can also play a part in someone being considered an outsider. In the story By Any Other Name, Premila and her younger sister, Santha, are forced to change their name in school to English names because it would help make them “fit in.” Even after changing their names, the girls are still outcasted from the English and Anglo-Indian kids. In paragraph 27, Santh says, “Even at that age it was apparent to all of us that friendship with the English or Anglo-Indian children was out of the question.” This helps show that someone’s ethnicity and background can cause them to be