Annu Matthew

In her essay “My Two Lives,” Jhumpa Lahiri, an Indian American, explains the balance between the identities of the two countries inside her heart, as well as her psychological struggle between her bicultural identities. She describes herself as an Indian-American because she moved with her family from India to the United States when she was very young. However, confused with her identity through her growth, she feels that she doesn’t belong to either of the two countries because of its completely different cultures. When she is at home, she deals with her parents in an Indian way, which is strange compared to the American way that she come across outside. She says that she has a distinctive identity in spite of her Indian appearance

In this paper, there will be research on the Gospel of Matthew from Daniel Harrington’s commentary “The Gospel of Matthew”, This paper will explain the teachings of the “6 Antithesis” in chapter 5 verses 21-48, and the main point on “Jesus came not to abolish but to “fulfill” the Law and Prophets (Harrington 90).” This paper will also have Daniel Harrington interpretations of the writing of the gospel of Matthew. I believe that Jesus had a reason for his teachings and how he went forward to preach them to the congregation.

This book depicts the national and cultural status of the immigrant mother, who is able to preserve the traditions of her Indian heritage that connect her to her homeland. Ensuring a successful future for her American-born children is coordinated with the privilege of being an American citizen. Ashima yearns for her homeland and her family that she left behind when

     This collection of stories and the autobiographical account of her school days at White's Manual Institute in Wabash, Indiana, and later at Earlham College provide insight into the struggle of Indian peoples in the early twentieth century to protect their heritage while developing a modern Indian identity.

While both books of Mark and Matthew portray Peter as one of the most important followers of Jesus, Mark seems to emphasize Jesus' spiritual career unlike the broad, more in-depth pursuit of Jesus' life that Matthew embellishes on. As both Jesus' student and friend, Peter is the one disciple most commonly referred to in the stories. Yet the two passages seem to draw different pictures of Jesus' distinguished disciple. In Matthew, Peter seems to play a larger role in Jesus' teachings and seems more significant to Jesus throughout the book. In Mark, he is still important, but to a lesser extent in the eyes of the author. Mark leaves Peter out of a few of the stories altogether and only touches

Shahzia Skinder, a critically praise Asian American artists, whose contemporary paintings and murals combine the traditional art of Indo-Persian Miniature painting, and her own life experience into the rich and colorful layers of her works. I have found her art to be breathtakingly beautiful and meticulously stylized. Her elaborate and vivid compositions, using miniature art and symbols from India and Pakistan help me connect with aspects of Hindu and Miuslim mythology and the history between the two countries that I had not thought of for a long while now.

It seems a shame that she wasn’t alive to be recognized, but the way she went about her work – taking more than 100,000 photos

While Mukherjee decided to embrace the new American culture, her sister decided to stick to her Indian roots. Mukherjee struggles to try and find where she belongs because she is always changing for others rather than for herself. Encountering differences is something she dealt with on her journey of creating her identity, she states, “Nearly 20 years ago, when I was living in my husband’s ancestral homeland of Canada, I was always well-employed but never allowed to feel part of the local Quebec or larger Canadian society” (Mukherjee 293). While changing herself to conform for others, we can all take a lesson from Mukherjee. In life, we go through many changes because we are growing up, becoming more mature, and finding things we like or dislike. We tend to change because of the people we surround ourselves with, like friends or coworkers in order to be accepted. However, she did not seem happy to be forced into a position where she had to conform to the way people would talk to her all for the sake of her husband. This takes away from building and developing one’s own identity because it does not represent who you really are. In society, we are sort of growing away from that in a sense people are taking pride in their identities. For instance, immigrants, women, and races are all

In the essay of “Doubletake: The diary of a relationship with an image”, Lucy Lippard explains the portraits of the Native people, which she seen them taken by the Americans. However, she describes the postcard of the Beaver family as the parents were sitting comfortably on the ground, smiling warmly at the photographer while their daughter stand between them, smirks proudly and holding a bouquet of leaves or flowers. This postcard have sent to Lippard by a Native Canadian friend, painter, and curator and reminds her of her personal moments in her life. Lippard discusses the two spaces of the relationship, which are between the photographer and the subjects and the relationship of Lippard with the photograph and she does her research on them

Even with her boat pictures, they look like they are moving around in the water but they are actually standing still. She even captured the clouds almost trying to disappear into thin air. The next photo I like is a picture of a small wooden ladder that’s in the water lying next to old rusty boat. It makes me think about when I use to go fishing with my father and grandfather. My grandfather boat was rusty like the one in her picture. I like her artwork because it reminds me of my hometown. I can actually picture the boats in a line waiting to be released from the dock to get in the water. Her pictures are a really good example of country life. Her artwork title should’ve been name a day in the life of a country girl. It shows how beautiful the country life really is. I actually think her pictures are the best I’ve viewed so far. I really can’t explain how much I like her layout. All of her picture complement each other including the same color scale and how the pictures are reflection off little and big puddles of water. The puddles are a significant piece off her artwork because it shows the detailed image off the objects she was trying to capture and that’s why I chose to write about her

In Mira Nair’s film, The Namesake, the disparate cultures of India and America affirms to the binary paradigm of “the one” and “the other”, manifesting the dominance of one from the other and its impact to influence and cause cultural and identity issues. The collision of the two cultures forms a process of trying to construct an identity and a destruction of an ethnic identity, with different factors to consider such as space and other sociocultural codes. This film about the Indian American also shows the concept of model-minority image, standards and expectations imposed to Asian Americans. The Namesake embodies the cultural and identity issues of an Asian American, particularly the Indian Americans, exemplifying the experiences of the

The beatitudes are just a sample of the many teachings that this book has to offer.

The word gospel itself means good news, to spread the message of the gospel is to spread the good news, specifically the good news about Christ. The gospel of Matthew is all about spreading the good news of Christ and notably the good news about Christ’s love. Philosophy is the rational inquiry in search of the first cause of the order of the cosmos, with many philosophers believing that this first cause must be something divine. The message of the love of Christ can provide nuances to the philosophical ideals, like the search of the cause and order of the cosmos, that Plato provides in his Apology.

Aunty Uju, who is burdened with task of getting a job and raising a son alone, feels the need to change her personality, mentality, and appearance for a smoother immigrant experience; but Adichie highlights the abandonment of identity resulting from

In the following I will discuss and analyse the works of Montien Boonma, Shirin Neshat and Frida Kahlo in comparison with my work analysing meaning, techniques, inspiration and style. For Montien Boonma I will be analyse his self-portrait titled The Temple of the Mind where he uses old Thai traditions and beliefs to shape his work. For Shirin Neshat I will be looking at a portrait titled Rebellious Silence and although it may not be a self-portrait it is still a portrait which conveys her beliefs of a certain matter. The last artist I will analyse is Frida Khalo and her self-portrait titled Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbirds in which she uses traditional and cultural symbols to portray her beliefs.