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Two Ways To Belong By Maya Angelou

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“My Family is everything. I am what I am thanks to my mother, my father, my brother, my sister… because they have given me everything. The education I have is thanks to them.” this is linked to the issue family because your family is a big impact on who you are in the future. Bharati Mukherjee’s “Two Ways to Belong” describes how your race and culture has an impact on your family. Maya Angelou’s “Graduation” suggests be the change you want to see in the world. In the essays “Two Ways to Belong” by Bharati Mukherjee and “Graduation” by Maya Angelou, they agree that your beliefs and how you were raised influence who you become, but they also contrast the main message throughout each essay. The two essays contrast because one is about education and the other one is about their values. In “Two Ways to Belong” Mukherjee earned an M.F.A. and a Ph.D. in literature. Mukherjee and her sister Mira grew up in India but moved to the United States for a better education. Mukherjee studied literature at the University of Iowa, and Mira studied child psychology and pre-school education. Mukherjee was on the phone with Mira. Mira said, “I 'll become a U.S. citizen for now, then change back to India when I 'm ready to go home” (274). While they lived in the United States for their education they hit a few road bumps. The United States had change the laws on immigrants, and Mukherjee and Mira were not officially U.S. citizens. Mukherjee and Mira got a green card which allowed them to

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