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Summary Of Two Ways To Belong In America By Bharati

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3. In third essay “Two Ways to Belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee, the author used the effectively comparison and contrast between two sisters form India. In addition, Bharati gave us good example about her and her sister for immigrants in a different culture, and how its effects on a person’s identity. I think, Bharati offering different opinions about her who adapted to US culture, when she said in paragraph 11,"America spoke to me-I married it"; And Mira who related to Indian heritage and culture in when she said in paragraph 10, "some kind of irrational attachment to India that I don't to America.". The interesting thing when you find the both sisters have the same family, value and goal future but different opinion about the lifestyle.
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