Comparing Texts

The American is a new man who is neither a European, nor his direct descendant. He is a strange mix of blood which cannot be found in any other country. The American is described as a person whose grandfather was an Englishman, his mother was Dutch and who has married a Frenchwoman. The American is a person who has left behind all his ancient manners and prejudices, and has received new ones from the mode of life he has embraced, the rank he holds and the government he obeys. A person becomes an American after being received in the broad lap of the great Alma Mater, and he becomes melted down into the new race of men whose posterity and efforts could transform the world in the days to come.

In both works of Response to Executive Order 9066, by Dwight Okita, and Mericans, by Sandra Cisneros, develop a common theme of people with foreign ancestors who live in America and feel American. Both works show this by including examples of showing how the characters feel more American, than where they are ethnically from. In Executive Order 9066 by Dwight Okita, the poem displays how the main character feels more American than she is Japanese, such as preferring American culture. Such examples are when the main character mentions how she "feels funny" when using chopsticks.

Dwight Okita's poem presents American identity through the innocence of children. They understand what they're taught and what they feel and this shows that Americans

American poets, novelists, and other writers often write about the topic of American identity. In this lesson, you have read excerpts from two texts, “Response to Executive Order 9066” by Dwight Okita, and “Mericans” by Sandra Cisneros. Determine a common theme that both authors establish about the topic. In response to the first sign of American identity I noticed by the sort of stories in the classifications of relatives in style tradition Americans names such as empty and uncle. The next thing I noticed relates to young American identity, regarding childhood. As a result of American culture a couple things that could be experienced and childhood during this period, the narrator tries to avoid falling victim of. For example, the grandmother

The texts, “Response to Executive Order 9066” by Dwight Okita and “Mericans” by Sandra Cisneros share a common topic, American identity. In addition, they share a common theme throughout the works. The common theme is that your American identity comes through who you are, and not where you come from. This theme is developed using characterization, conflict and dialogue.

In both Cisnero's short story and Okita's poem, they talk about what it means to be an American. They both say that physical appearance and cultural heritages do not determine anything, this is just a mere part of their spirit. Some things in these two texts are similar and some may be different. Cisneros's story talks about her awful grandmother. Her grandmother thinks that America is a corrupt country and she doesn't like her grandchildren acting like they are from here.

Not once is culture, religion or skin color mentioned in that definition yet, this idea of a “true American” is associated with being “white” or assimilating to the “white culture”. Our country is unique

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines an America as “a native or inhabitant of the U.S.; a U.S. citizen”. However, being an American is far more than simply living in America or attainting citizenship, it is about a person’s actions and thoughts towards their country. In the book Americanah, Ifemelu, who is originally from Lagos, Nigeria, moves to America to go to a stable college, unlike those in Nigeria, where teachers are frequently on strike. The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez describes the Martinez’s family immigration to Delaware in order to find a reputable school for their mentally disabled child, Maribel. But are the characters in these two books truly American? In modern society, the definition of ‘American’ has become blurred due to numerous immigrants and difficulty to acquire citizenship. Therefore, Americanah and The Book of Unknown Americans do not support or reject the definition of an American, they simply complicate it.

The question I want to focus on is whether the texts (feeding of four thousand and five thousand) are compatible on their own, then whether they are compatible with each other. By compatible on their own, I mean whether any of the Gospels contradict each other on said story. When I ask whether they are compatible with each other, I am asking whether both of the stories themselves contradict the other story.

There is so many authors out in the world, so many authors who write differently and use their own form of tone, mood, imagery, and many more. They create amazing scenarios and stories, worlds that many people can only hope to create. Writers write with all their beings and cannot help but put their beliefs, feelings or emotions in their writing, is what makes the stories so strong and powerful and allow the story to resonate with their intended audience. Such as these two passages written by two different authors about the same thing.

The background of both narrators of “Mericans” and “In response to Executive Order 9066” comes from a Japanese or a Mexican-decent who are realizing cultural differences from their American life. However, the mistreating of a girl by her best friend compared to a girl who finds significant change between her two worlds that is tested by every cultures costumes of being victims of racial discrimination. The short story “Mericans” and the poem “In response to Executive Order 9066” can be a universal conflict between diverse heritage and cultural backgrounds that are determined by how America sees society.

Text structure is how a text is organized. Text structure is grouped into five main categories. In, “Another reason to flip the off switch: light pollution” by, Catherine Hours, and in, “N.C. drinking water tainted with chemical byproducts for decades” by, C.B.S news, the author used many text structures.

If I would have to trace the moral growth of one of the character in the video, I would pick the little boy. Because the little boy was mad at the guy who always tell him the story. As he was telling the story about “x”, also knows as a humanoid robot. So, the little boy stop getting him wrong and start to like him. The way he was hugging him is like, the little boy was out of all the misunderstood that he had. To me, I would say the story about the robot influenced his moral growth.

In the two texts "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant and "Hearts and Hands" by O. Henry there is a lot of symbolism and literary terms used to explore there themes respectively. They use these methods not only to portray the themes but to further develop the central idea of the texts as well.

American identity has more to do with how you experience culture than where your family came from. In okita’s poem she was raise in the American culture and she was full Japanese. Culture heritage and physical appearances do not determine what it means to be American. In Cisneros story the Americans judge her for her looks. It doesn’t matter what your heritage is for you to be an American.