Two Ways To Belong In America Analysis

In “An Indian Father’s Plea.” It talks about a letter that a father wrote to his son’s teacher about how the father just wanted to tell the teacher that Wind-Wolf (the father’s son) is a smart boy. For example, it said in the text “Wind-Wolf was constantly, closely bonded physically, as she carried him on her back or held in front while breastfeeding. She carried him everywhere she went, and every night he slept with both parents. Because of this, Wind-Wolf’s educational setting was not only a ‘secure’ environment, but it was also very colorful, complicated, sensitive, and diverse.” This means that Wind-Wolf has been treated very well when he was only a baby to become a smart kid, his educational setting will be happy, complicated, diverse and many other feelings for Wind-Wolf to experience in the future. Another example is “as he grew older, Wind-Wolf began to crawl out of his baby basket, develop his motor skills, and explore the world around him. When frightened or sleepy, he could return to the basket, as a turtle withdraws into a shell.” This text means that Wind-Wolf has been smart since he was a little baby because Wind-Wolf would get out of his baby basket to look around his surroundings and …show more content…
Mira said she felt used and manipulated. “For over 30 years, I’ve invested my creativity and professional skills into the improvement of this country’s pre-school system.” Mira obviously cares about her job and her students, but she feels that its is unfair that after all her years of “investing her skills for the improvement of the pre-school system”, she needs to become a U.S citizen.she feels that “ If America wants to make new rules curtailing benefits of illegal immigrants,they should apply only to immigrants who arrive after those rules are already in place.” On the other hand, Bharati claims that America spoke to her, and that she “married