Pressure Of Assimilation Into Society
Assimilation into a Society The issue at hand is in regards to assimilation into society. The argument is whether or not assimilation into society is possible to avoid. Assimilation is to absorb or join a culture. Many people argue that doing so can lead to losing one’s own culture. Cultures will no longer passed on from generation to generation, but now fully integrated into the current culture. The work of authors Richard Rodriguez, Tomas Rivera, Ramon Saldivar, and Victor Villanueva Junior will be evaluated and evidence drawn out to support said claim. It is impossible for an individual not to integrate into the current culture, because of education forcing the learning of a culture, pressure of assimilation into a culture, popular language
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Pressure, whether it is from a teacher, the public crowd, or something else will force a person to assimilate to a culture. Individuals are pressured to assimilate into a new culture, “I hear them and am forced to say no” (Rodriguez 513), which describes the author being forced into something, which demonstrates him undertaking pressure. Clearly, exterior sources pressure individuals to assimilate into culture, “But choice hardly entered into most minorities’ decisions to become American” (Villanueva 525), which further supports that minorities’ decisions are forced rather than commonly entered into decisions, thus proving they are pressured, as they’re being forced. Continuing shall be the assessment of popular language being necessary to survive in a …show more content…
After having reviewed multiple points of evidence, one can see that through education and learning a new language, the previous was cast out, and the person has further assimilated into the present culture. Pressure of individuals or the culture itself is too much for an individual to handle, and leads them to assimilate into a culture. Knowledge of the popular language is necessary to survive in order to get around, and to receive the daily needs of an individual. A culture forces itself upon a person through all of these combined, but also that it is not possible for an individual to live in a different culture without conversion or contact to that culture. Therefore, it is proven through the analysis of the work of these various authors that it is impossible not to assimilate into a culture. It is simply mandatory to integrate into the popular
Pressure, whether it is from a teacher, the public crowd, or something else will force a person to assimilate to a culture. Individuals are pressured to assimilate into a new culture, “I hear them and am forced to say no” (Rodriguez 513), which describes the author being forced into something, which demonstrates him undertaking pressure. Clearly, exterior sources pressure individuals to assimilate into culture, “But choice hardly entered into most minorities’ decisions to become American” (Villanueva 525), which further supports that minorities’ decisions are forced rather than commonly entered into decisions, thus proving they are pressured, as they’re being forced. Continuing shall be the assessment of popular language being necessary to survive in a …show more content…
After having reviewed multiple points of evidence, one can see that through education and learning a new language, the previous was cast out, and the person has further assimilated into the present culture. Pressure of individuals or the culture itself is too much for an individual to handle, and leads them to assimilate into a culture. Knowledge of the popular language is necessary to survive in order to get around, and to receive the daily needs of an individual. A culture forces itself upon a person through all of these combined, but also that it is not possible for an individual to live in a different culture without conversion or contact to that culture. Therefore, it is proven through the analysis of the work of these various authors that it is impossible not to assimilate into a culture. It is simply mandatory to integrate into the popular