Thought paper (revised)

Thought paper

            In the 50 essays by Samuel Cohen there is a story called “Two ways to belong in America.” In this story it talks about two women who descended from India and came to the Americas to have a better life and succeed. They had a life planned to come for only two years and secure their degrees and go back to their country and marry their chosen grooms. Instead of following what they came for one of the girls Mira married an Indian student just two years after. After them both acquired their green card and became legal immigrants. Mira had become a well known pre-school teacher and became a citizen but her sister did not but after 30 years her boss reported her as an immigrant and she did not like that because they made new rules for immigrants and it was also for the old immigrants, what I think the author was trying to say is that you should fight for what you believe in no matter what happens. I believe what he says is true because we shouldn’t have to be treated different if you are an immigrant.

            ?How it Feels to be colored me” by Zora Neale Hurston talks about a young girl who  grew up with other colored people in a isolated town called Eatonville, Florida.  The only white people that he say around there were just people passing by in their cars and that was the only times. She then turned thirteen and went off to a school specifically for colored in Jacksonville. She knew what was going on there at her school was all wrong and not right being separated. What I think the author is trying to say no matter what is going on you must stand up for what you believe in even if times are hard. I would surely stand up for what I believe in  even though times were very hard back then in the day I would also know that what was going on was not right.

Cite Sources:

50 Essays by Samuel Cohen. “Two ways to belong in America.” by Bharati Mukherjee pg 298-301.Boston. New York. 2007

50 Essays by Samuel Cohen. “How it feels to Be Colored Me.” By Zora Neale Hurston. Pg206-210. Boston. New York. 2007

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