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This 3 page paper argues that in their two essays, Bharati Mukherjee and Amy Tan explore relationships among women, but the label “freak” cannot be applied to any of them. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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of the English she uses as opposed to the "broken English" her mother speaks. This paper considers which of these women, if any, can be considered "freaks" for their opinion
about assimilation. Discussion In both of these essays, there is a real split between two people: between Bharati and her sister Mira, and between Tan and her mother. But it
seems inappropriate to describe any of them as freaks, even though Mukherjee uses the word. In the case of Mira and Bharati, it seems that both have made clear, reasoned
choices for taking the action they did, based on who they are. Mira preferred to hold strongly to her Indian culture and live in America as a resident alien while
Bharati wanted to become a citizen (Mukherjee, 1996). Both sisters have shared the experience of seeing a government they believed in turn on them: Mira found herself under increased
scrutiny as she faced the "scapegoating of aliens (documented or illegal" by the U.S. government; and Bharati found herself on the outside looking in when she and her husband lived
in Canada (Mukherjee, 1996). She was well-employed "but never allowed to feel part of the local Quebec or larger Canadian society" (Mukherjee, 1996). The betrayal that Mukherjee felt in Canada
20 years before she wrote the piece echoes the feelings that Mira has, as she finds herself being discriminated against by the country to which she has given her life,
talent and time for the past 30 years (Mukherjee, 1996). The pain of the discrimination forced Bharati from Canada to her present residency in the U.S. (Mukherjee, 1996). It is
this same sort of pain, one assumes, that keeps Mira from becoming a citizen: she is looking forward to leaving the U.S. when she retires and returning to India (Mukherjee,
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