An American Family

Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper was first released in Australia on January 22, 2015. It is the film version of Chris Kyle’s personal memoir of the same name, written by Jason Hall. The film is set between Texas and Iraq and follows Chris Kyle on his ten year journey as a sniper for the seals. Played by Bradley Cooper, Chris finds the love of his life Taya played by Sienna Miller, but feels his need to serve his country is stronger than his need to be with his family. Throughout his journey he…

September 25, 1942 marks the day that four thousand children marched through Washington D.C. to kick off “Schools at War”. Moreover, this was a federal program that enlisted the school-age population to join the war effort on the home front. In an effort by both the Department of the Treasury and the Office of Education, the program gave children the opportunity to “save, serve, and conserve.” Moreover, the children saved their money in the form of war bonds and stamps while serving their…

I am the only member of my family born in the United States. My parents, brother, and sister immigrated after the anti-Sikh riots of 1984, where thousands were murdered as India descended into nationalistic bloodshed. My own father nearly died: he was pulled off a train by an armed mob, beaten unconscious, and left for dead on the tracks. Shortly thereafter, he gathered everything he had and brought his family to Iowa City. That violence left scars on my father’s body, and it lit a fire in my…

Often times immigrant parents and children adapt differently to the American Culture. For example, because children are so young they are able to better absorb and adapt to the new culture that they are now apart of. “When I first arrived at Boston College, I immediately knew that my conservative cultural position would have to become more open-minded. I knew that not everyone had grown up with strict Bolivian parents, as I had. I would not have to lose my cultural identity, however.” This quote…

Aparna Krishnaswamy has been my good friend for seven years and is an amazing young lady. She has works hard in school and aims to never waste an opportunity. Currently, she is a Junior at the University of Denver and is experiencing her Fall semester in London. Yet, she spent her whole life in Colorado. Unlike her parents who immigrated to the United States in the 1980s from India. Aparna is a first generation can clearly speak of how her multi-cultural life impacts her experiences. Aparna’s…

She is unable to speak the same Spanish as the rest of her family, and Yolanda is often mistaken for an American. Being mistaken for an American, when she is truly Dominican makes it harder for her to know whether she is American or Dominican. On her first night back in the Dominican Republic Yolanda was out driving late at night in search of guavas. The car got a flat tire, and a couple of Dominican…

common American family during the early 20th century, as the “Joad” family. The Joads were forced to make big changes and sacrifices in their lives; including moving from their home of decades, to California, which offered many new job opportunities. The Joads were a happy, middle class family; who lived in a small town in Oklahoma named Sallisaw. The main character in the story was Tom Joad. Tom just recently got out of prison and made his way across the state to get to his home with his…

Family therapy has always presented itself as a treatment for people within the framework of their environment, and this standard has been considered the pragmatic expression of guidance upon family relationships (Nichols, 2016). Today, counselors remain receptive to the need to understand the ethnic experience of their client’s family, so incorrect suppositions are not formulated just because the clients are from a diverse culture. Structural Family therapy provides a comprehensive framework…

normal US citizen and are being treated as the enemy of the country because of their heritage. In "Mericans" the children act like typical American children but are surrounded by traditional Mexican culture and treated like outsiders by other Americans. In "Response to Executive Order 9066" the narrator tells about her life and how she was an ordinary American girl until she was started to be considered the enemy of the country she grew up in. Even her best friend turned against…

In Family instructions for the Mui Lineage, their way of living was strict compared to modern American families. Ming-era Chinese males often organized themselves into groups of common ancestry, these groups shared land, built ancestral halls, honored their ancestors, and ensures the success and well being of future generations; in order to accomplish these, the lineage groups frequently complied lists of family rules. These rules are laid out for the descendants of a Chinese family to follow.…