Personal Narrative: American Lifestyle And Culture

In the personal essay “My Mothers Tongue” (1990), Amy Tan, widely known author explains her insights on language and culture identity using details and memories from her own life experiences. Tan conceals that the language in which her mother used with her “was the language that helped shape the way [she] saw things, expressed things, made sense of the world” (1208) and in the process it made her who she is today as an author. Tan illuminates the euro centricity of the Master Narrative by retelling

of the large population, intellectual superiority, and the wide range of human existence, humanity has naturally transformed into a diverse populace. Consequently, cultural narratives are prominent in our daily lives and play a role in shaping our social interactions, opinions, and lifestyles. The influence of cultural narratives have only expanded with the growth in technology. Technology provides a platform for individuals to be connected with regions on the opposite side of the globe within seconds

The personal narrative “Born in Amrika” (2003) by Mona M. Maisami speculates that children of Iranian originated parents struggle between culturally identifying themselves as American or Iranian. Maisami develops her main idea by narrating through the point of view of a young girl born in America interacting with her Iranian born cousin Nina. Throughout the story, Nina and her cousin encounter various differing cultural phenomena such as dress and meal rituals before realizing they can adapt to both

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Native Americans and their traditions were relegated throughout American society. Sherman Alexie’s highlights the struggles of educating himself on a Native American reservation, where most of his peers and condescending attitude toward learning and seemed destined for failure. To connect with readers that have struggled throughout school and to bring awareness of Indian culture to Americans, Alexie connects himself to Superman, uses striking comparisons

Captivity narratives began with the settlement of North America and continued as a significant genre in American literature until the end of the nineteenth century. The first captivity narratives are believed to have been created by Native Americans who were captured by early Spanish explorers. However, the genre commonly refers to the accounts written by European settlers who were abducted by Native Americans. European settlers were fleeing to the “new land” in order to escape religious persecutions

However, in the meantime, my Chinese and American cross-cultural backgrounds feel like an inexhaustible well for me to draw water from, which has kept me on this journey.

In Sherman Alexie’s film, Smoke Signals, Alexie uses different story telling devices to show the importance of forgiveness. Smoke signals provides a new perspective of Native American culture by submerging us into the lives of two Native American boys, Thomas and Victor. The movie begins with a fire on the Fourth of July on the Coer d’Alene reservation in Idaho, Victor’s father Arnold saves Thomas as an infant by throwing him out a window. The movie jumps ten years forward and Victor receives word

competence is an ongoing proactive, self-honesty and commitment are two qualities that will help individuals succeed in working with the diversity population. • Awareness and acceptance, self-awareness, dynamic of difference, knowledge of client culture, and adaptation of skills, are all required skills that give people the ability to function and work respectfully work with people who are different from them. • Multicultural Ethical

overlap between the themes of cultural narratives and personal choices. Cultural narratives in a given society help shape the community and allow an individual to get a better understanding of the general principals and societal norms. For examples, narratives such as a culture of smartness in Ho’s essay and marking strategies in Watters’ essay, allow an

Master Flash and the Furious Five recorded what is considered one of the greatest urban narratives of his time. In his rap “The Message Pt. 2” Flash described the daily occurrences and harsh realities of his ghetto life in vivid detail. Now 45 years later in the midst of black lives matter, at a place in America where black lives must be affirmed through hashtags and protest, many are upset that the American art people have come to rely on, to tell the stories and narrate the experiences of being