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
Non-English speaking immigrants grew quickly in numbers. Assimilation was becoming all the more difficult to achieve with such a diverse
Although immigrants face more challenges than
This is not your country!” (AR 19). The effect of this experience causes Luis’ feeling of being unwelcome because the society tells him that his family does not belong here. Racism is a huge factor and is one of the root causes that are not addressed. Another example of root causes that aren 't address is the educational system.
This shows us that the language barrier can not only have an effect on the immigrant themselves but also their children. Furthermore there are situations where the immigrants affect the country both positively and
In the essay, it stated,”If America wants to make new rules curtailing benefits of legal immigrants, the should apply only to immigrants who arrive after those rules are already in place. ”(Mukherjee) It is shown how Mira’s culture is different compared to other people who live in America because she wasn’t born in America, Mira is an Indian citizen who immigrated to the U.S. with her sister to have a better life. Moreover, it is influencing her life because she feels like she isn’t being treated the same as other people. Her view of this situation is different than other people that are not the same culture as her because Mira is being treated like a person who just came to America.
Life Changing Positions Immigration can be a controversial topic that many governments are feuding over today. As politicians argue, the real battle occurs as each individual immigrant determines how they will approach their new country. Immigrants must choose if they will assimilate to the new countries values, languages and traditions or maintain their home country’s customs. In the article, “Two Ways To Belong In America,” the author, Bharati Mukherjee, contrasts her and her sister Mira’s experiences along with millions of other American immigrants as they face betrayal, racism, and hardship.
Also, the cultural difference sometimes deters them from seeking jobs and receiving services. It is not easy
Equally important, the majority of immigrants are making no effort to assimilate to American culture. When this assimilation fails, it is difficult
In his book the Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie portrays a teenage boy, Arnold Spirit (junior) living in white man’s world, and he must struggle to overcome racism and stereotypes if he must achieve his dreams. In the book, Junior faces a myriad of misfortunes at his former school in ‘the rez’ (reservation), which occurs as he struggles to escape from racial and stereotypical expectations about Indians. For Junior he must weigh between accepting what is expected of him as an Indian or fight against those forces and proof his peers and teachers wrong. Therefore, from the time Junior is in school at reservation up to the time he decides to attend a neighboring school in Rearden, we see a teenager who is facing tough consequences for attempting to go against the racial stereotypes.
Immigrants face many diffuculties from when they come to the country, raise children and cultural
For many new immigrants coming to America, it is difficult to adjust into the new society. Many come to America without the basic knowledge of English, the new immigrants do not have the ability assimilate to American society because of the lack of possible communication between the immigrant and an native. Non-English speaking immigrants that come to America face harsh challenges when trying to assimilate to U.S. society because immigrants are often segregated into ethnic communities away from natives, Americans do not know basics of words of other well known languages, and the lack of government funding education programs. Assimilation into a new society is difficult enough, but when the society pushes any new immigrants to separate part
While it is true that immigrants provoke strong feelings good or bad in the people native the country they have immigrated to,
Immigrants were coming into the country knowing nothing but their own culture and the idea of obtaining a
The protagonist from the book “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie had boundaries, just like you and I. In my opinion, transcending boundaries is one of the most important themes throughout this story. The rez, stereotypes, and poverty all created boundaries for him. They tried holding him back and keep him stuck there. Arnold Spirit Jr. Wanted to surpass them.
This shows that immigrants are struggling to cull cultures and new environment. Richard Rodriguez, also states “ I was talking to the Laotian kids about why they don’t like the Mexican kids ( Rodriguez ). This also relates because Ms. Tran also said, because of her race, she did not get along well with others. This shows that assimilation is also one of the most significant problems that immigrants face. Others may say that discrimination is the most significant problem.