An Indian Father's Plea, And Two Ways To Belong In America

Culture is the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively “Google”. Everyone has a culture or is taught a culture when they are young. One’s culture always informs the way one views the world because that is how they are raised and taught that there culture is the one that they should grow up in, this idea is supported by Two Kinds, An Indian Father’s Plea, and Two Ways to Belong in America In Two Kinds Jing-mei’s mother wanted for her to be a prodigy because where they come from (China) they want their children to be the smartest that they can be and get rich and famous. In (paragraph 2) of Two Kinds it states, “Of course, you can be a prodigy, too, my mother told me when I was nine.” This shows that her mom’s culture from China only want’s to have prodigy’s . Another piece of evidence is on (paragraph 4) it states, “ We didn’t immediately pick the right kind of prodigy. At first my mother thought I could be a Chinesen Shirley Temple.” This is showing that JIng-mei’s

He views the world how he was taught in his Native American culture because on (paragraph 11) of An Indian Father’s Plea it states, “If you ask him how many months there are in a year, he probably tell you 13. He will respond this way not because he doesn't know how to count properly, but because he has been taught by our traditional people that there are 12 full moons in a year according to the native tribal calendar and that there are really 13 planets in our solar system and 13 tail feathers on a perfectly balanced eagle, the most powerful kind of bird to use in ceremony and healing.” this shows that Wind-Wolf views the year in full moons, planets, and feathers on a perfectly balanced eagle because that was how he was taught and raised in his culture instead of the western society culture views the year in looking at a