Category: Cultural Identity

Introduction Many people claim who they are but they are not in the way they act; behave and way of living speak and noticeably. There is a danger in this way of prevention, this will affect an individuals way of thinking that is not really who he is but the reality is, he is borrowing,…

The issue of race and identity can be found in African American communities for many years. Such texts as Jazz by Toni Morrison, The Invisible Man by and Zora’s Their Eyes were watching god discuss this theme. This theme covers the three narratives and it is clear in the character’s voices and actions. This issue…

The term fault line has its origin in the geological definition of a phenomenon in the formation of the Earths structure in different eras, from different materials, whence rifts develop and proceed to tear apart the very ground we stand on (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2007). Likewise, Europe has been sedimented throughout the past centuries from a…

Interpreter of Maladies is a short story written by Jhumpa Lahiri. The story evolves around a married Indian American couple visiting their country of heritage India alongside with their children. During their visit to India, a lot of things started to cue on such as marriage problems between the Das couple to shocking secrets revealed…

The House On Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros tells the story of Esperanza Cordero through beautiful vignettes and the narrator describing how her family first arrived on Mango Street. When the pipes in their previous apartment burst and the landlord refused to repair them, she , her parents, brothers Carlos and Kiki , and sister…

Cultural clashes occur when members holding different cultural beliefs and values dont integrate into the society. The resulting conflicts can range from discrimanation in day to day life or can reach ruthless heights of violence and hate-crime. As we know, almost every country across the world is culturally diverse. A severe cases of culture-based segregation…

In 1865 slavery was abolished in the United States of America; however this act did not prevent white people from treating black people as inferior or having stereotypical ideas towards them. The events in Invisible Man occurred in the years between the 1920s and the 1930s which was also the time in which Jim Crow…

The notion for multiculturalism has been shifting for and against the legal and political alteration of ethnic minorities around the world. Since its first proposal during the late 1980s, there was public pressure for increased recognition and adjustment of ethnic diversity through legislation and policies. Multiculturalists viewed earlier ideas of nations as corrupt and began…

As Lahiri points out of her status as a racial discrimination of other creates ambiguity about her individuality. The stories has given of the readers, that the subtle way in which the fictionist probes into the various maladies and that disrupt relationships between the protagonists living in exile. They cope with the life in new…

From the beginning of Americas, freedom of expressing ones lifestyle choices without prosecution has been the driving factor for colonization. These lifestyle choices include ones expression and appreciation of their own culture. However, assimilation challenges these freedoms, preservation of family history, and goes againsts the very principles of what America is today. We can look…