Many people have different opinions on culture. Some people think it’s just the way you grew up and your heritage, and then there is the others. The others who believe that culture is how you like and what you believe and everything down to what type of socks that you wear. Both of those things are correct is some way or another but does your culture affect the way you see the world? Culture can affect how you see the world sometimes but not all of the time. In the memoir “By Any Other Name” , the biography of Frida Kahlo, the short stories Two Kinds” and “Everyday Use” there is more than one example that proves my claim.
I the short story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker there are two sisters Dee (Wangero) and Maggie. Wangaroo was a very …show more content…
Her mother wanted her to be like the other chinese children, that was talented. For some reason her daughter,Ni Kan, could not find her talent. Ni Kan stated,”For unlike my mother, I did not believe i could be anything i wanted to be,i could only be me.” Unfortunately her mother did not understand that. She kept wishing of having the traditional chinese daughter, when her daughter just wants to be herself. This is just one of the many reasons why your culture sometimes affects your view on the world. The writer represented the daughter as a clueless girl not knowing who she is and who she wants to be because of her mother. Now her daughter will have a different perspective on the …show more content…
India has now become a “British India”, they have to change their indian mindset and change it to this new british mindset. In paragraph 3 Rama Rau states, “Oh, my dears, those are much too hard for me. Suppose we give you pretty English names.” They have to change their names and become a whole different person, a new “British indian” person. They struggled with that because their culture is all they knew. In paragraph 15 Rama Rau states, “The children were all opening packages and sitting down to eat sandwiches. Premila and i were the only children who had indian food.” As you can see it was hard for them because in their culture they eat “Thin wheat chapatis, some vegetable curry and a bottle of buttermilk.” Although we are arguing sometimes culture can affect the way you think and for premila she didn't have trouble acting how the other students did. In paragraph 15 Rama Rau states, “Premila thrust half of it into my hand and whispered fiercely that i should go and sit with my class, because that was what the others seemed to be doing.” Premila didn't mind the “new school ways” but Santha
I the short story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker there are two sisters Dee (Wangero) and Maggie. Wangaroo was a very …show more content…
Her mother wanted her to be like the other chinese children, that was talented. For some reason her daughter,Ni Kan, could not find her talent. Ni Kan stated,”For unlike my mother, I did not believe i could be anything i wanted to be,i could only be me.” Unfortunately her mother did not understand that. She kept wishing of having the traditional chinese daughter, when her daughter just wants to be herself. This is just one of the many reasons why your culture sometimes affects your view on the world. The writer represented the daughter as a clueless girl not knowing who she is and who she wants to be because of her mother. Now her daughter will have a different perspective on the …show more content…
India has now become a “British India”, they have to change their indian mindset and change it to this new british mindset. In paragraph 3 Rama Rau states, “Oh, my dears, those are much too hard for me. Suppose we give you pretty English names.” They have to change their names and become a whole different person, a new “British indian” person. They struggled with that because their culture is all they knew. In paragraph 15 Rama Rau states, “The children were all opening packages and sitting down to eat sandwiches. Premila and i were the only children who had indian food.” As you can see it was hard for them because in their culture they eat “Thin wheat chapatis, some vegetable curry and a bottle of buttermilk.” Although we are arguing sometimes culture can affect the way you think and for premila she didn't have trouble acting how the other students did. In paragraph 15 Rama Rau states, “Premila thrust half of it into my hand and whispered fiercely that i should go and sit with my class, because that was what the others seemed to be doing.” Premila didn't mind the “new school ways” but Santha