Assimilation to secondary society Many people sought out to identify their culture as they assimilate to a new society, but the minority cultures were seconded . The difference in culture set unbreakable social barrier and boundaries bounded by neglecting of small culture. The Story of "Doris is Coming" by ZZ Packer, is one of the short stories from her collection of Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, is about Doris Yates, a religious and family girl who helps her mother clean the Jewish Church, friend by Olivia but they don't seems to get along well and She wanted to be saved by Christian salvation. Doris often visit to Mr. Stutz, from Lithuania, and he address Doris as Dori-ka, as she often visit him at his shop for a little chats. Her social
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Olivia, she prefers others to address her as Liva, as she only talked to Doris for a favor oblige by her mom. She and Doris has very distinct relationship, but they shares some similarities as well. Doris doesn't have respect for Livia because she think that Livia is rude "it's okay, Bernice, Olivia said, lightly touching Doris's mother's shoulder. Doris cringed. Not even her father called Doris's mother by her first name"(Packer217). In this excerpt, Livia addressed Doris mom by her first name which is consider imprudent and impolite. Livia is seen as a rude white girl however in Livia mind she wasn't indecorous toward Doris's mother because she was use to conversing this in this manner in her own culture. The social class differences does not make it acceptable for Livia to treat Doris's mother this way. It is not a suitable way for someone younger to address elder in a careless manner. Culture plays a big part in this, consider an Asian oriented culture as majority of people consist of showing respective behavior to the elder. Its seems that Olivia does not treat Doris's mother as a respective elder because she may have racial segregation toward Doris's …show more content…
In a minority society, such as Doris's, it can sometime be easy to ignore and neglect common racist traits demonstrated by other people unknowingly. There are so much racial hatred that cloud our society and we must work together to learn and fix those wrong racial stereotype. Doris clearly state that she would fight against no matter what the odd will hold which leaves to think about how you should take initiative and confront
Olivia, she prefers others to address her as Liva, as she only talked to Doris for a favor oblige by her mom. She and Doris has very distinct relationship, but they shares some similarities as well. Doris doesn't have respect for Livia because she think that Livia is rude "it's okay, Bernice, Olivia said, lightly touching Doris's mother's shoulder. Doris cringed. Not even her father called Doris's mother by her first name"(Packer217). In this excerpt, Livia addressed Doris mom by her first name which is consider imprudent and impolite. Livia is seen as a rude white girl however in Livia mind she wasn't indecorous toward Doris's mother because she was use to conversing this in this manner in her own culture. The social class differences does not make it acceptable for Livia to treat Doris's mother this way. It is not a suitable way for someone younger to address elder in a careless manner. Culture plays a big part in this, consider an Asian oriented culture as majority of people consist of showing respective behavior to the elder. Its seems that Olivia does not treat Doris's mother as a respective elder because she may have racial segregation toward Doris's …show more content…
In a minority society, such as Doris's, it can sometime be easy to ignore and neglect common racist traits demonstrated by other people unknowingly. There are so much racial hatred that cloud our society and we must work together to learn and fix those wrong racial stereotype. Doris clearly state that she would fight against no matter what the odd will hold which leaves to think about how you should take initiative and confront