Multi-Cultural America

Because of its multi-cultural properties, America is commonly regarded as a break up pot in which each cultures can live freely. An American story is characterized by differences in culture and enhanced by placements from outsiders supporting in America. cardinal stories supporting the notion that an American story is characterized by differences in culture are in If You are What You Eat, Then What Am I? and Tonys Story. Geeta Kotharis narrative If You Are What You Eat, Then What Am I? is written through the perspective of an outsider immersed into a fresh culture, and revolves around Kotharis life as an Indian emigrant living in a prevalent American culture. Using the terminology of her developing taste buds, Kothari reflects upon severalize moments in her life with the hard relationship she has with food. The first separate reveals that Kothari desperately wants to be recess of the American culture, emphasized in her want to eat what the kids at school eat: bologna, tempestuous dogs, salami (91). \nA tuna salad serve also acts as a symbol for Kotharis shame in her and her mothers ignorance of American food, thus in their ignorance of American culture. The second separate reveals that Kothari is no longer an outsider in that she associates typical American junk foods such as fried chicken, glazed doughnuts, and french fries with ketchup with feelings of home, nostalgia, and comfort. This divide also shows that Kotharis perception of herself as a non-foreigner could perhaps be an illusion, as she still is divers(prenominal) from most Americans in that her friends every have houses. A a couple of(prenominal) paragraphs later, Kothari is an adult who regrets suppressing her intrinsic culture. Kotharis repulsion of her American bloke stems from the fact he eats the meats Kothari had once desperately cherished as a child. She associates the olfactory perception of meat with her past liking to fit in with American culture, and begins to wo rry that she will block off the wonderful tastes of her cultu...