Assimilation means for different minority groups to come together and become one big group. It is a process of putting one social group with another and they are harmonious. Whenever you assimilate it is as if you are gaining and losing something. Like when little kids want to fit in they assimilate into sports or something, but the truth is that as different as someone may look, there are other people in the exact same shoes as them and fit together.
Beneatha is the character who worries about assimilation in A Raisin in the Sun. She gets very defensive when her friend Asagai points it out about her.
The play shows assimilation as a weakness because of how she replies to Asagai pointing it out about her and how popular it is in America.
If I think about it...if anyone thinks about it they can find assimilation going on around them. It could be a new kids coming from a different school trying to fit in with the band, or some freshman that are kind of scared by the thought of high school that run around looking for the thing that they love to do. Either way people assimilate to feel more at peace with their surroundings because they feel out of place themselves. They find something they like and they do it because those are the types of people that get along with and understand them.
I don't assimilate anymore. When I was younger and wasn't so sure on what I was doing, (Freshman year), I had joined football. Sports were my thing, but I was sort of wishy washy back then so I would just do what everyone else would and at the time that was it. Then I came across soccer and after I had been there for awhile and assimilated there I found myself and that is who I am now...and plan on staying as well.
Eric Liu's view on assimilation is that he had hit the ground running, or already had the baton in his hand by the time he was born. He had believed that it was about race that he was trying to assimilate to. He had a list of things that people do and if you matched up you were considered white. Well he said he was perfect with the list. That's when he realized that he had lost something from his past. By the time he finished talking about his experiences he found out who he was and used a quote from someone that says what he believes as well. The quote was "America is white no longer, and it will never be white again."
Kinda confusing? You talk about yourself and then out of nowhere its Eric Liu's? Pretty good though ^.^
ReplyDeleteIt was confusing, and how does Beanetha worry about assimilation.
DeleteI was going off of Mrs. Perry's page so that's why it seems all over the place. And thank you!(:
DeleteGood job on your blog. As I was reading I found a few errors here and there but overral it was pretty good.
ReplyDelete@Damien well at least I did my blog so you can't be too judgemental can you?! Haa I'm just playing, I'll look for the errors next time.
Delete@Chris ayyye,I'm just giving my opinion even though I didn't do it! But okay lol.
DeleteI agree with the opinion on assimilation you express. I like how you put in a specific part of your personal life interpreting a great example.
ReplyDelete@Maria thank you, I was trying to give a good point. I'll do yours right now!(:
DeleteI like the purpose of your writing but the examples could have been better...Also go to sleep earlier it might help.
ReplyDelete@Brandon thank you for your crappy criticism, and I'll think of one for the next one. And don't be all up in my blog, alright?
DeleteI think it's really great, the fact that you go on talking about Assimilation through the character "A Rasin in the Sun", then a real life experience, and right onto Eric Lius story gets the point of assimilation to the reader and shows how assimilation was shown through all three points. Great Job.
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