Bharati Mukherjee's In Two Ways To Belong In America

A handful of individuals throughout the world view other individuals in different way in regards to their culture. From the perspective of not why, but how much someone views others, it is the characteristic of one 's culture that affects how deeply that particular someone will view and perceive other individuals in the world. This being, all in relations to multiple short pieces of literature by a variety of authors in the English Language Arts textbook; as the stories display how much an individual views others in different ways based on their cultural background. In which, one 's culture makes individuals view and perceive others in the world in a complete matter and large amount; based on the in-depth characteristics and elements of one

In Two Ways to Belong in America, a novel by Bharati Mukherjee, the two sisters undertake separate choices because of the laws that don 't accept them because of their culture which is there race. For instance, one sister, Mira, is considered as an “alien” while Bharati is a citizen. In the other hand, by Mira choosing her father 's selection and Bharati choosing her selection it creates two paths that separates when moving into America. Mira tends to stay true to her culture while Bharati is following her new culture with their new environment. Depending on how it is for the both of them,”But, now, with the scapegoating of ‘alien’ (undocumented or illegal) on the increase, and the targeting of long-term legal immigrants like Mira for new scrutiny and new self-consciousness, she and I ourselves unable to maintain the same polite discretion.” (Mukherjee, 71). The struggles that one faces with the law and the way they proceed life with a common attitude just like the rest of the population. Both perspectives are relatable to people who live in America, they can understand the situations depending if they’re a citizen or illegal. Yet, they don 't cross paths unless they gain the green card and went through it all to

In addition, the interview essay, Multiculturalism Explained In One Word: Hapa by Kristian Lee, displays how much people see or view her multicultural aspects on her life. This is shown within the text as the story states, "... Some of my racial features fit the Hawaiian template. I have almond-shaped eyes, fine dark hair and olive skin that turns butterscotch in the sun… , but when I came back to Michigan, my predominantly white peers still saw me as a model minority statistic, exotic foreigner, and a token Asian in the classroom" (Lee). This shows that how she looks is how people view her as her culture is this just proves that is one of the extents that her culture influences people 's views on her culture, how she is mixed. "My style is not as simple as those stereotypes. No, I don 't clunk around in Swedish clogs, and no, I don 't speak a Chinese dialect. And that can be a problem for Asian people who pressure me to prove the legitimacy of my Chinese heritage" (Lee). This shows that she doesn 't have to show all her mixed cultures in order to prove who she is and where she came from just