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Comparing Culture In 'Two Ways To Belong In America And'

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Blue- Chauncey
Purple- Nora
Green- Hunter
Pink- Gretchen

In the excerpt’s “Two Ways to Belong in America” and “” by Bharati Mukherjee and . It speaks for itself to say that culture doesn’t determine how a person shall live and be known as. But as shown in “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker and “Two Ways To Belong in America” by Amy Tan, culture may impact the way one lives to the point of how their live turns out.
In “Indian Father’s Plea” by Robert Lake, Wind-Wolf a father sends his son’s teacher a note stating that his son is a “slow learner”

In “Two Ways to Belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee, Mira and Bharati show us that everyone is their own person. They are two Indian Sisters who were raised in America.Even though they are blood related sisters, both are their own person. Mira says “I am her only blood relative on this continent.” (Mukherjee 70) “We expect to see each other through the looming crises of aging and ill health without being asked”.(Mukherjee 70) Even though they are completely different about following their culture, they are still there for each other during their time of need. Mira wants to follow her culture’s traditions by the clothes that she wears and her appearance. Mira wants to go back to India because she feels like she feels as if they are using here because of her skills. On the …show more content…

The ways you’re raised and what you believe. In “Two Ways to Belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee, the sisters are from India and one decides to pick the American culture and the other one decided to stay with her Indian culture. Like in “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, Maggie loves the quilts because her grandmother made them and taught her how to make quilts. The quilts are made out of their grandmother and grandfather’s old clothes. Wind-wolf is a slow learner but he’s a faster learner with his family and culture. Culture has an impact on your outlook and views of the

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