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    Everybody has a different perspective on the world and others. Some people can have a good perspective of the world and people while others think of the world in a bad perspective. Not everyone thinks the same things about the world and others. Religious traditions, family and history can affect the way a person’s culture can impact the way they view others and the world. In the story Everyday Use by Alice Walker, talks about family of culture. “Maggie will be nervous after her sister goes: She will

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    Decameron. Such short stories are called in Italian ‘novella’. . Bharati Mukherjee’s female protagonists are immigrants and suffer cultural shock but they are anxious to establish their identity by undertaking their heroic journeys that is why Bharati Mukherjee received considerable critical attention from almost all the quarters of the globe in a relatively short period of just twenty five years. Even though she has been acknowledged as a voice of expatriate immigrants, sensibility, and a close observation

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    Mukherjee’s novels. Bharati Mukherjee is an American writer of Indian origin. She is known for her effortless contributions towards addressing the psychological sufferings of women. Her fiction reflects the image, the status, the struggle of Indian women of all classes and creeds in the modern and post-modern times. She is the renowned female writers in India who has earned her place by producing exceptional work in Indian diasporic literature. The novels of Bharati Mukherjee are basically female oriented

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    Self-Transformation Mukherjee, B. (2014). Two ways to belong in America. In S. Cohen (Ed.), 50 essays: a portable anthology (pg. 290-293). New York, NY: Bedford St. Martin’s Press. In Bharati Mukherjee’s essay “Two Ways to Belong in America,” the author explains the differences that aroused between two sisters living in America as legal immigrants. After a sum of thirty-six years in America, Mira, Bharati’s sister, strived to return to India once she retired while Bharati accepted the American culture

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    In the essay, “Two Ways to Belong”, the author Bharati Mukherjee explains how she is influenced by her family and her connection with her sister. In the beginning of the essay Bharati is explaining to the reader the trip she will take to America with her sister. Growing up Bharati and her sister had specific goals set by their parents that the girls hoped to accomplish. Bharati explained these goals set by her parents when she said, “We would endure our two years in America, secure our degrees, then

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    Comparing Bharati Mukherjee's The Tenant and Susan Minot's Lust       The protagonists in both Bharati Mukherjee's "The Tenant" and Susan Minot's "Lust" are extremely promiscuous; both have many sexual relationships with little emotional involvement and no commitment. While the two protagonists display many of the same behaviors and often have similar motivations, their reasoning and reactions sometimes differ. "The Tenant" and "Lust" offer two different perspectives into the social expectations

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    boy with a similar lifestyle to hers, “She will marry John Thomas (who has mossy teeth in an earnest face)” (Walker para. 13). The same goes for Mira because she chose to marry an Indian man in America, “Mira married an Indian student in 1962” (Mukherjee para. 4) and she also never fully became an American citizen, “I am an

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    circumstances where you wouldn’t face a community the same if you weren’t from the culture you were built in. This idea is supported by the personal essay by Bharati Mukherjee, Two Ways to Belong in America, the essay by Robert Lake, An Indians Father Plea, and also personal experience. Two Ways to Belong in America by Bharati Mukherjee is a personal essay about two immigrant sisters named Bharati and Mira, moving to the United States to work for around 35 years. Despite differences in personalities

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    The book I am J by Cris Beam uses a variety of plot elements to tell to story. Certain songs can reflect each of these elements. The introduction is similar to the song “Somewhere I Belong” by Linkin Park. In the introduction, J Silver is introduced. J is a 17 year old female-to-male transgender living in Manhattan. He is somewhat of an outcast because of the way he looks, and only has one friend. This is shown in the song with the line “I want to heal/I want to feel”. All J wants is to find a place

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    Bulawayo and, “The Management of Grief” by Bharati Mukherjee. While each story portrays traditions of two distinct cultures, both deal with the injustices of being an immigrant, and not knowing where you belong. Moreover, both characters are shown dealing with the complexities of one’s identity. For starters, it is necessary to discuss the historical context of, “The Management of Grief” by Bharati Mukherjee. Elaborating on a real-life event, Mukherjee uses a tragic plane crash on the basis of her story

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