Stereotypes and racism are all around us‚ many times affecting what we do and how we act. Quite often however‚ we do not realize the impact that they have on others and even ourselves. Bharati Mukherjee ’s short story‚ "The Lady From Lucknow" is about Nafeesa Hafeez‚ a young woman who moves from Lucknow‚ a city in India‚ to America with her husband and family. Although they are well off‚ Nafeesa struggles to enjoy her life and fit in with the world around her. Nafeesa then meets James Beamish‚ an
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Out Of Many‚ One “Two Ways to Belong in America” published in the New York Times in 1996‚ written by Bharati Mukherjeee is her personal experience about how she decided on becoming an American citizen and her sister Mira’s decision to keep her Indian citizenship‚ and live as legal resident is the USA. This story was written to address various changes in immigration laws during that time when the American government decided to restrain legal residents living in the United States from some rights
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Benode Behari Mukherjee Binod Behari Mukherjee | Born | February 7‚ 1904 West Bengal‚ India | Died | November 11‚ 1980 (aged 76) India | Nationality | Indian | Field | painter | Binod Behari Mukherjee (Bengali: বিনোদ বিহারী মুখার্জি) (7 February 1904 – 11 November 1980) was an Indian artist from West Bengal state. Mukherjee was one of the pioneers of Indian modern art‚ as a painter and as a celebrated muralist. He was one of the earliest artists in modern India to take up mural as
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you couldn’t even stretch out your arms without hitting the other person in the room. Comparison and contrast- “Two Ways to Belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee In the story “Two Ways to Belong in America‚” Bharati describes her sisters and her relationship. They are on different sides of in the debate over the status of immigrants. Mukherjee tells us the differences between her sisters and herself live since they had gotten in America. She makes the essay with sympathy saying that she believed
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We have read many examples of how cultures can affect how people view the world. For instance‚ in the stories An Indian Father’s Plea‚ Two ways to belong in America‚ and Everyday Use‚ some characters in the stories chose to view the world based on their culture and others chose to change their culture identity. A person’s culture does influence the way they view the world‚ but at the same time it doesn’t because in the essay An Indian father’s Plea and in the short story Everyday Use‚ and the personal
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Short Story Explication: “A Father” Bharati Mukherjee’s short story‚ “A Father”‚ begins with an account of an ordinary Wednesday morning in the household of an immigrant Hindu family. Mukherjee writes this story from the third-person point-of-view with informal diction. This makes the reader feel as though they are a part of the story‚ watching and observing. This style allows the reader to feel as though they are physically present in the two-bedroom apartment in Detroit with the Bhowmick family
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environment‚ such as rename and change nationality.The articles from “Two Ways to belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee and “The F Word” by Firoozeh Dumas‚ both of the author faces different issues and go through the problems that happened in their life. Even through both of these author are immigrants but they do experience different things. The author of “Two Ways to belong in America”‚ Mukherjee wants change her identity into American citizenship‚ while her sister wants to keep nationality of Indian
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Two Ways to Belong in America by Bharati Mukherjee In “Two Ways to Belong in America‚” Mukherjee talks about the struggles of two sisters adjusting to foreign culture. Mukherjee and her sister‚ Mira‚ have opposing views on citizenship to non-native countries. Mukherjee shares her story with effective use of language to make it unique‚ as well as relatable to other foreigners to a new country. Her neutral tone makes the story special‚ especially considering the context of the story. Usually‚
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How do you belong in America? That was the first thing that popped in my head when I saw Bharati Mukherjee’s essay Two Ways to Belong in America. This essay was about the differences between Bharati and her sister Mira’s views on immigrants. Throughout the essay Mukherjee used rhetorical devices such as: compare/contrast‚ fluency‚ and tone. She used these in such a way that it was both interesting and easy to read. “She‚ for the lack of structure in my life‚ the erasure of Indianness‚ the absence
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your life‚ and having to handle the humiliation‚ at the end there is always a healthier opportunity‚ a brighter future; and that is what Bharati is trying to tell the readers. It is a way of demonstrating us to never lose hope. Bharati is trying to create a point that we immigrate to America because we have American dreams; trying to escape a world of war. Bharati tells us that women‚ even if they pay the amount it takes to cross them over‚ men take advantage of them because they view them as poor
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