Adapting to new ways can be difficult for some people, whereas to others it can be life changing. Chris, in his film “30 Days Outsourcing”, travels, from America, to India to see how it would be to live the Indian lifestyle. He discovers that he enjoys his life in America rather than the life he had in India. On the other hand, in her essay “Two Ways to Belong in America”, Bharati moves to America, from India, and decides she does not want to go back home. In the film “30 Days Outsourcing”, Chris takes a 30 day trip to India to live the Indian life. He lives with a man, named Ravi, and his family in their home. During this experience, Chris sees that the Indian tradition differs immensely from the American tradition. In the Indian homes,
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Bharati moved to America to study creative writing for two years. After her two years in America, she was to move back to India and marry the man her father picked out. Things did not happen the way she had originally planned. In America, you have the freedom to marry whomever you desire, unlike in India. While doing her schooling, she met a fellow student, an American of Canadian parentage, and they got married. Adapting to new ways was a theme in “Two Ways to Belong in America”. For instance, Bharati did not marry the man her father chose for her like typical India girls are suppose too. Instead, she married the man she wanted despite the fact he was not from the same culture. For example, Bharati writes “America spoke to me – I married it – I embraced the demotion from expatriate aristocrat to immigrant nobody, surrendering those thousands of years of “pure culture,” the saris, the delightfully accented English.” In other words, despite the fact that she was accustomed to the Indian culture, she decided she would rather live the American lifestyle and adapt too their culture. Since she did not married a man of her father’s choosing, she was allowed the freedom of American ways. She is allowed to wear blue jeans and t-shirts just as other American women do. Along with being able to dress as she desires, Bharati is able to have a job as a book writer. Bharati
Bharati moved to America to study creative writing for two years. After her two years in America, she was to move back to India and marry the man her father picked out. Things did not happen the way she had originally planned. In America, you have the freedom to marry whomever you desire, unlike in India. While doing her schooling, she met a fellow student, an American of Canadian parentage, and they got married. Adapting to new ways was a theme in “Two Ways to Belong in America”. For instance, Bharati did not marry the man her father chose for her like typical India girls are suppose too. Instead, she married the man she wanted despite the fact he was not from the same culture. For example, Bharati writes “America spoke to me – I married it – I embraced the demotion from expatriate aristocrat to immigrant nobody, surrendering those thousands of years of “pure culture,” the saris, the delightfully accented English.” In other words, despite the fact that she was accustomed to the Indian culture, she decided she would rather live the American lifestyle and adapt too their culture. Since she did not married a man of her father’s choosing, she was allowed the freedom of American ways. She is allowed to wear blue jeans and t-shirts just as other American women do. Along with being able to dress as she desires, Bharati is able to have a job as a book writer. Bharati