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The Story

The author and her sister both travel to the U.S.A. for a better education, but each expects something different out of this country

  • Bharati wants the American experience
  • Mira saw it as a workplace

When the new immigration system fails them, they both take different answers in anger

Two Ways to Belong in America

Bharati Mukherjee

  • Traveled to the U.S.A. in 1961
  • An award winning Indian American Writer
  • Currently teaches English at the University of California
  • Past works
  • The Tiger's Daughter
  • The Middleman and Other Stories (National Books Critics Circle Award)
  • Jasmine
  • Leave It to Me
  • Desirable Daughters
  • Usual works show the differences between the societies of India and U.S.A.

By: Jeremy Herrera

Works Cited

Kirszner, Laurie G. and Stephen R. Mandell. Patterns for College Writing. Pages 404 - 407. Boston, 2012. Print.

Google. Web. 4 Sept. 2012. <www.google.com>.

Discussion Questions

  • Do immigration laws need to be changed?

  • What can immigrants do to be accepted to the community?
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