America, the land of the free and home of the brave, is what first comes to mind for most people. This country's culture can be perceived in multiple ways. Culture sometimes informs the way one views others and the world, such as in the stories "Two Kinds" and "Two Ways to Belong in America".
In Amy Tan's novel excerpt "Two Kinds", culture is used. At the beginning of the excerpt, Tan mentioned that her mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America. Since both her parents were native to China, they thought of America highly. Growing up Tan was forced into American culture. Tan says "At first my mother thought I could be a Chinese Shirley Temple"(Tan,18). This moment in time her mother wanted her daughter to fit into a …show more content…
The essay includes two sister with different culture views. The first sister, Bharati, was an American citizen unlike her sister, Mira. By Bharati being a citizen she has different views from her sister. Before they left for India they agreed on majority of things as said in the text, “We were almost identical in appearance and attitude. We dressed alike, in saris: we expressed identical views on politics, social issues, love and marriage” (Mukerjee, 70). After two years of attending college, Mira married an Indian man and got a green card of hassle-free residence and employment. On the other hand, Bharati married a fellow student that was American. This shows that even though both sisters started the same, they each developed their own culture views. Bharati embraced the American culture which is free like said “For the lack of structure in my life, the erasure of Indianness, the absence of unvarying daily core” (Mukherjee, 71). As Bharati said, America and India have different cultures. Though the years the sisters embraced different views from different experiences. One stayed true to her Indian ways, unlike the other one which adapted to Amercian
In Amy Tan's novel excerpt "Two Kinds", culture is used. At the beginning of the excerpt, Tan mentioned that her mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America. Since both her parents were native to China, they thought of America highly. Growing up Tan was forced into American culture. Tan says "At first my mother thought I could be a Chinese Shirley Temple"(Tan,18). This moment in time her mother wanted her daughter to fit into a …show more content…
The essay includes two sister with different culture views. The first sister, Bharati, was an American citizen unlike her sister, Mira. By Bharati being a citizen she has different views from her sister. Before they left for India they agreed on majority of things as said in the text, “We were almost identical in appearance and attitude. We dressed alike, in saris: we expressed identical views on politics, social issues, love and marriage” (Mukerjee, 70). After two years of attending college, Mira married an Indian man and got a green card of hassle-free residence and employment. On the other hand, Bharati married a fellow student that was American. This shows that even though both sisters started the same, they each developed their own culture views. Bharati embraced the American culture which is free like said “For the lack of structure in my life, the erasure of Indianness, the absence of unvarying daily core” (Mukherjee, 71). As Bharati said, America and India have different cultures. Though the years the sisters embraced different views from different experiences. One stayed true to her Indian ways, unlike the other one which adapted to Amercian