Member since Apr-6-04
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In response to message #14
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Assimilation is a poem
about an Americanized person. At the beginning of the poem, the poet
discribed someone who were having soft drinks and sandwiches(400). Those
are typical American (junk) foods. The sight of food reminds the author
his childhood. The author used to believe a meal should have a plate of
rice and sauced dishes. Later in the poem, the narrator faced isolation
in school, and he gave up his home-style meal to "fit-in" with others.
He switched to American-style triangle-sandwiches(401), and left the
rice-based meal he was used to. The author "betrayed" the "rice"(400), as if he betrayed his original country. This is a story that deals with how the narrator has grown into such an Americanized person he is now. He felt different from others because his dinning habits was once different than others. |