Due to the fact, that one culture overpowers the other. Hitherto, we could arrive to the point that we regret our names which means our culture and want to change to name which has the supremacy. Dumas did this choice stating “I wanted to add an American name,” and called herself “Julie.” Since then, she had an easy life; she was not rejected, she was accepted because she assimilated to the predominant culture. “I spoke English without an accent and was known as Julie, people assumed I was American.” However, she did forget who she was and took back her original name “Firoozeh” until she was looking for a job. Even she graduated with honors from UC-Berkeley she could not have a sole interview as late as she decided to come up with “Julie Dumas” and got a job. We could notice that despite the effort of Firoozeh to impose her name, the society in which she lived will not let her have the last word. In the end, she was compelled to have a name that the society recognize as a name. Notwithstanding, she was known as Firoozeh by his family and non-American friends, and also as “Julie” by her coworkers and American friends, she began to live a double life being two different
Due to the fact, that one culture overpowers the other. Hitherto, we could arrive to the point that we regret our names which means our culture and want to change to name which has the supremacy. Dumas did this choice stating “I wanted to add an American name,” and called herself “Julie.” Since then, she had an easy life; she was not rejected, she was accepted because she assimilated to the predominant culture. “I spoke English without an accent and was known as Julie, people assumed I was American.” However, she did forget who she was and took back her original name “Firoozeh” until she was looking for a job. Even she graduated with honors from UC-Berkeley she could not have a sole interview as late as she decided to come up with “Julie Dumas” and got a job. We could notice that despite the effort of Firoozeh to impose her name, the society in which she lived will not let her have the last word. In the end, she was compelled to have a name that the society recognize as a name. Notwithstanding, she was known as Firoozeh by his family and non-American friends, and also as “Julie” by her coworkers and American friends, she began to live a double life being two different