Analysis Of Two Lives By Vikram Seth's Two Lives

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Each country has a unique history and culture, but one country is particularly admired - Great Britain. With its one-of-a-kind legacy, this country 's literature, art, theater scenes and schools are known and respected all around the world. A part of this legacy is illustrated in the three documents we are about to study. The first one is an extract from Two Lives by Vikram Seth. It tells the arrival of a child to a new school. The second is the scene 6, Act 1, from the play «Educating Rita », in which the main character Rita just came back from the play “McBeth” and is now discussing about it with her tutor. The third document is J.K. Rowling 's speech to Harvard’s students. We will try to compare, how did all these documents treated the question “how to become part of the Great British story”. To do this, we can analyze and compare each document, and then write a conclusion summing this all up. Great Britain has its culture known worldwide, and a very rich and great history. Such great that it seems impossible to become a part of it. The first document, and extract from the novel/autobiography “Two Lives” by Vikram Seth, is most likely addressed to the young foreign students. The integration stage of these students could be very difficult, they often have the feeling that “things are unfair” for them and are very intimidated by everything and everyone. My opinion is that the main reason of that problem is the contrast between the immigrant’s native culture and the local

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