Mississippi Masala Analysis

In this paper, a film about a story of a family who moved from Uganda to the United States will be discussed. In addition, it will be presented the story a couple from two different cultures who fell in love and the consequences that it brought to both of their families. Also, this paper will discussed about how some people have a hard time assimilating to other cultures. In the movie, Mississippi Masala, a family from Uganda was forced to move from Uganda because the government did not want people who were not from Africa to live in Uganda. This family was forced to move because of their skin color. This family set roots in the United States, in Mississippi, where their only daughter Mina fell in love with Demetrius, a black carpet cleaning …show more content…
The stated expectation for Mina was that she could not marry someone from another culture. She needed to marry someone who practiced her own religion and one who belonged to the same culture. The Unstated expectation was that her father wanted her to become college students. Mina knew that she needed to become somebody, but it was never motivated by her father or her mother. On the other hand, Demetrius stated expectation was to prosper and become the business man his mother always wanted him to be. He was able to open up a business, but was struggling to keep it up. The unstated expectation was that his father never told him that he wanted him to be happy, no matter what decisions he made in life. However, Demetrius found his own destine by risking all he had to spend time with …show more content…
In Mina’s situation, her family refused that she could fall in love with a black person. This opposition could have been because Mina’s dad was discriminated for not being black, back in Uganda. Mina’s family felt that she dishonor her culture and her family by falling in love with a black individual. On the other hand, Demetrius family was disappointed that Demetrius was willing to risk all his hard work for a girl from India. Demetrius family and friends were upset that he had put his business in danger for a girl from a different culture. His family only care about the success of Demetrius, and Mina’s family cared about her dignity. However, Demetrius family really like Mina, they were just concerned that Demetrius was going to lose his business because of the bad reputation the Indian community portrait on Demetrius business. On the other hand, Mina’s family did not like Demetrius at all, and that was the root cause of the problem between the two