Comparison Between 'Where Worlds Collide And' An Indian Father's
Cultural Views There are millions of cultures all over the world that change the way people are perceived. Culture is a large part of how people view the world and how the world views people of a certain culture. Differences in culture can be viewed in multiple short stories, and excerpts from novels. The authors of “An Indian Father’s Plea”, “Where Worlds Collide”, and “Everyday Use” use culture to show how people can react to others based on their way of life. Culture can create conflict between people and cause differences in how certain groups perceive each other. Peoples’ culture can change the way that they view the world and how the world views them. For example, in “An Indian Father’s Plea”, the narrator is writing a letter to his son’s school saying that his son has been mislabeled as a “’slow learner’” (Lake 75). Lake, the narrator, is explaining that the school doesn’t understand how his son learns, and that his son learns in different ways than the
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One example of this is in the first paragraph, “They come out, blinking, into the bleached, forgetful sunshine… with maps their cousins have drawn out for them…dazed, disoriented, heads still partly in the clouds…” (Iyer 50). This excerpt is showing that immigrants from all over the world are coming to Los Angles with expectations giver to them by their family and friends, but when they finally arrive in the city, they see it as less than impressive and that their family and friends fabricated some details of their stories. Some people may say that the reason they think it is less impressive is because they haven’t seen all of the city yet, or are still dazed from the flight; however, the real reason they aren’t impressed is because they have been filled with false images of a beautiful and elegant city, and when they arrive their hopes are too high so they are let
One example of this is in the first paragraph, “They come out, blinking, into the bleached, forgetful sunshine… with maps their cousins have drawn out for them…dazed, disoriented, heads still partly in the clouds…” (Iyer 50). This excerpt is showing that immigrants from all over the world are coming to Los Angles with expectations giver to them by their family and friends, but when they finally arrive in the city, they see it as less than impressive and that their family and friends fabricated some details of their stories. Some people may say that the reason they think it is less impressive is because they haven’t seen all of the city yet, or are still dazed from the flight; however, the real reason they aren’t impressed is because they have been filled with false images of a beautiful and elegant city, and when they arrive their hopes are too high so they are let