Thursday, September 15, 2011

Due on 9/20 Two Ways to Belong in America" By BHARATI MUKHERJEE

Read " Two Ways to Belong in America"
By BHARATI MUKHERJEE
September 22, 1996: New York Times


In your Reflective Journal! ( Total 4 paragraphs)

What is Mukherjee's Thesis? (see Thesis definition in Glossary)
What questions come to mind when reading this article? What are the main points the author is trying to convey? Relate this to the theme of identity.

Mukherjee says " The price that the immigrant willingly pays, and that the exile avoids is the trauma of self - transformation."  What does she mean by this?
What does it mean to transform? Have you ever experienced self transformation? If so, How?

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