Multicultural Struggles
Being an immigrant or a multicultural race was often a struggle for many people. Sometimes, immigrants were treated very unfairly. Also, it was hard for immigrants to even start a life in America. Immigrants have to go through a lot of steps to be a citizen and start their life over here. Most times, multicultural people face many obstacles such as learning the language, education, and racism. Education, on the other hand, could also be a positive when coming to America. Using the many sources given, I came to the conclusion that it was hard for many people to learn the english language. In the poem “Parents”, and the two stories “Mother Tongue” and , the parents often struggle to learn the english language. …show more content…
Education can make a big impact, or have a negative impact in these stories. This can be displayed in the stories “Mother Tongue”, “Let 's Tell the Story of all America’s Cultures”, and “The First Seven Years”. In the story “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan, the narrator uses her education in combination with her understanding of the english language. The mother thinks, “I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language -- the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them all -- all the Englishes I grew up with”(Tan). This quote shows a great deal of importance because it shows her interested she is in her schooling and how she likes to learn. It could also be easier for this character to learn now that she is in America. Similarly in the story “The First Seven Years”, Bernard Malamud uses the main character 's daughter as a smart girl. He also mentions that, “‘She is smart, always with a book, and I thought to myself that a boy like you, and educated boy – I thought maybe you will be interested sometime to meet a girl like this.’”(Malamud). Education is important in the everyday life, clearly as shown, and is an important factor when a girl is finding what could be her husband in some cultures. On the contrary, the story “Let 's Tell the Story of all America’s Cultures” shows the opposite of these two …show more content…
In the stories “Walk On By”, “What Good Was It”, and “Letter from Birmingham”, there are many examples of how people are treated unfairly, because of their race. In the story “Walk on By” by Brent Staples, many young women in the city feel like they are in danger because the race of the main character. In the story a lady on the street “...cast back a worried glance.”(Staples). The main character is often looked at as a dangerous person because of his looks or appearances. In a similar way, In the story of “What Good Was it”, by Alice Walker, racism seems to play a main part. In this story, similar to the other stories, the negroes aren’t getting everything fairly, unlike the whites. The author does a good job explaining how negroes feel about the civil right movement when she says, “... the Civil Rights Movement will never be over as long as her skin is black.”(Walker). This shows that to Walker, racism will always occur for anyone that has different colored skin. Lastly, the story by King Jr. shows how African Americans get treated unfairly in the Birmingham Jail. Although it is jail and most people are not treated well in jail, it is still obvious that the white people are treated better. In the letter from jail, Martin Luther King.Jr describes how “Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States...Negroes have experienced grossly unjust
Being an immigrant or a multicultural race was often a struggle for many people. Sometimes, immigrants were treated very unfairly. Also, it was hard for immigrants to even start a life in America. Immigrants have to go through a lot of steps to be a citizen and start their life over here. Most times, multicultural people face many obstacles such as learning the language, education, and racism. Education, on the other hand, could also be a positive when coming to America. Using the many sources given, I came to the conclusion that it was hard for many people to learn the english language. In the poem “Parents”, and the two stories “Mother Tongue” and , the parents often struggle to learn the english language. …show more content…
Education can make a big impact, or have a negative impact in these stories. This can be displayed in the stories “Mother Tongue”, “Let 's Tell the Story of all America’s Cultures”, and “The First Seven Years”. In the story “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan, the narrator uses her education in combination with her understanding of the english language. The mother thinks, “I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language -- the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them all -- all the Englishes I grew up with”(Tan). This quote shows a great deal of importance because it shows her interested she is in her schooling and how she likes to learn. It could also be easier for this character to learn now that she is in America. Similarly in the story “The First Seven Years”, Bernard Malamud uses the main character 's daughter as a smart girl. He also mentions that, “‘She is smart, always with a book, and I thought to myself that a boy like you, and educated boy – I thought maybe you will be interested sometime to meet a girl like this.’”(Malamud). Education is important in the everyday life, clearly as shown, and is an important factor when a girl is finding what could be her husband in some cultures. On the contrary, the story “Let 's Tell the Story of all America’s Cultures” shows the opposite of these two …show more content…
In the stories “Walk On By”, “What Good Was It”, and “Letter from Birmingham”, there are many examples of how people are treated unfairly, because of their race. In the story “Walk on By” by Brent Staples, many young women in the city feel like they are in danger because the race of the main character. In the story a lady on the street “...cast back a worried glance.”(Staples). The main character is often looked at as a dangerous person because of his looks or appearances. In a similar way, In the story of “What Good Was it”, by Alice Walker, racism seems to play a main part. In this story, similar to the other stories, the negroes aren’t getting everything fairly, unlike the whites. The author does a good job explaining how negroes feel about the civil right movement when she says, “... the Civil Rights Movement will never be over as long as her skin is black.”(Walker). This shows that to Walker, racism will always occur for anyone that has different colored skin. Lastly, the story by King Jr. shows how African Americans get treated unfairly in the Birmingham Jail. Although it is jail and most people are not treated well in jail, it is still obvious that the white people are treated better. In the letter from jail, Martin Luther King.Jr describes how “Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States...Negroes have experienced grossly unjust