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"Two Ways to Belong in America"
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Bharati Mukherjee's life
Summary of Passage
Conclusion
- Born on July 27, 1940 in Calcutta, India.
- Moved to America in 1961 to study creative writing at the University of Iowa.
- Her older sister moved to the United States in 1960 to study psychology and pre-school education.
- The two sisters have vastly different views on America.
- Mira embraces Indian culture and Bharati does not.
- Both sisters move to America and get married.
- Mira deals with America but still treasures India more.
- Bharati feels the opposite and becomes a citizen.
- Bharati loves the fact that people are becoming naturalized citizens and Mira feels unappreciated.
- Mira wants to be just a visitor to America and Bharati wants to feel like she belongs here.
Thesis
"In one family, from two sisters alike as peas in a pod, there could not be a wider divergence of immigrant experience."
Questions
- Why does Mukherjee feel used?
- Why do the sisters end up staying in America longer than they planned?
- Who is Mukherjee's audience?
- What does the last sentence, "The price that the immigrant willingly pays, and that the exile avoids, in the trauma of self transformation, " mean?
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