The topic that I choose is "Two Ways to belong in America". My personal experiences with different culture and Bharati's relationship with her sister are very similar to my own; however I have different experiences in the marriage and feelings of belonging.

Bharati and I have one obvious similarity, which is coming from a different culture outside United States. She was born and grew up in India. She came to the U.S. after she graduated from university of Calcutta. I was born and grew up in Egypt, and came to the U.S. after I graduated from University of Alexandria. In India the maim language is English because there are so many languages and the main custom in clothe is Sarie. In Egypt the main language is Arabic and the second language is English. The clothes are very much like here on the U.S. except in the holidays most people

like to wear the traditional clothes.

Although my experience in the way I got married is similar to Bharati, which is marrying the American way, my personal experience with marriage is different from the author's. She stayed happily married, maybe because she married a person who is on the same level of education as her. She said, "I married a fellow student, an American of Canadian parentage" (341). For me I was not happily married and I am a single mother now. I think that is because I married a person who is different from me in so many ways. In the beginning I thought he was the one, but after marriage the wax melted and the real him appeared. One of the main problem I could not get over was how he left five kids behind him and not even an ounce of guilt in his consciousness.

Another difference between the author's experience and my experience is the way of belonging. She s

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