American Culture Case

Writers such as Dwight Okita and Sandra Cisneros were greatly influenced by the American Culture. The theme in Okita's poem and in Cisneros's short story is Racism. Both authors establish the topic of American identity. In Okita's poem american identity has more to do with how you experience culture than with where your family came from. Both show that cultural heritage and physical appearances don't determine what it means to be American.

The first sign of american identity in the short story "Mericans" that i noticedis the classification of the relatives in the style of traditional names like "Auntie" and "Uncle". The next thing i notice relates to the young american identity, regarding childhood. Part of the american culture a couple of things that could be experienced in childhood during this period, the narrator tries to avoid falling victim of. Such as the grandmother praying for family members. In the short story the biggest topic i noticed that relates to the american identity is how young boys and girls are playing together, and the girls are always picked on because they're girls. They got picked on to the point where they wanted to be like the boys.

Writers such as Dwight Okita and Sandra Cisneros were greatly influenced by the American Culture. The theme in Okita's poem and in Cisneros's short story is Racism. Both authors establish the topic of American identity. In Okita's poem american identity has more to do with how you experience culture than with where your family came from. Both show that cultural heritage and physical appearances don't determine what it means to be American.

The first sign of american identity in the short story "Mericans" that i noticedis the classification of the relatives in the style of traditional names like "Auntie" and "Uncle". The next thing i notice relates to the young american identity, regarding childhood. Part of the american culture a couple of things that could be experienced in childhood during this period, the narrator tries to avoid falling victim of. Such as the grandmother praying for family members. In the short story the biggest topic i noticed that relates to the american identity is how young boys and girls are playing together, and the girls are always picked on because they're girls. They got picked on to the point where they wanted to be like the boys.