'Multi-Cultural America'

'Because of its multi-cultural properties, America is norm each(prenominal)y regarded as a melting hand in which all cultures can hold out freely. An American bill is characterized by differences in culture and deepen by perspectives from noncitizens documentation in America. deuce stories supporting the smell that an American legend is characterized by differences in culture are in If You are What You Eat, frankincense What Am I? and Tonys Story. Geeta Kotharis tarradiddle If You Are What You Eat, Then What Am I? is written done the perspective of an outsider immersed into a naked as a jaybird culture, and revolves around Kotharis vivification as an Indian emigrant life sentence in a dominant American culture. Using the linguistic process of her developing savvy buds, Kothari reflects upon key moments in her life with the hard relationship she has with food. The branch split reveals that Kothari desperately necessitys to be lot of the American culture, emphasiz ed in her want to take in what the kids at school eat: bologna, hot dogs, salami (91).\nA tuna salad assist as well acts as a symbolization for Kotharis shame in her and her mothers ignorance of American food, thus in their ignorance of American culture. The second paragraph reveals that Kothari is no long-run an outsider in that she associates typical American junk foods much(prenominal) as hot up chicken, glazed doughnuts, and french fries with catsup with feelings of home, nostalgia, and comfort. This paragraph also shows that Kotharis perception of herself as a non-foreigner could mayhap be an illusion, as she still is disparate from most Americans in that her friends all ca-ca houses. A a couple of(prenominal) paragraphs later, Kothari is an adult who decline suppressing her native culture. Kotharis inconsistency of her American mate stems from the fact he eats the joins Kothari had one time desperately cherished as a child. She associates the smell of meat wit h her past require to fit in with American culture, and begins to botheration that she will immerse the wonderful tastes of her cultu... '