Algranati Difficulties

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Algranati's parents had to overcome three major difficulties, that were accounted as a part of their stereotypes. These difficulties were represented in learning new language, being an immigrant, and having different ethnicity. Algranati's father, Jacques Algranati, confronted difficulties in being an immigrant, whose English is not his first language. He was forced to leave the comfort and luxuries in Egypt for the hardships in the U.S. Algranati's mother, Mary L. Pinto, also had to overcome many obstacles when she moved to the U.S. Her obstacles were represented in learning new language and dealing with her appearance, in which most people thought that she is a white girl, especially when she perfected her English language, but in fact she is Puerto Rican. Her appearance forced her to leave her people …show more content…

However, her tone changes through the text, in which her satisfying emotion, about who she is, starts to appear. This tone appears explicitly when Chung said: "God loves people as they are, as different as they are, I learned that he looks at the heart, and that doesn't matter how a person looks" (Chung, page 150). Her second tone and statement , about equality and satisfaction, are very effective in establishing her point of being pleased of your original identity, no matter how you look like. This essay evokes the emotions of harmony and pride in me, in which Chung believes that diversity is beautiful thing when she said: "I remember feeling confused and hurt, realizing that I looked different and not understanding why being different was bad" (Chung, 151). In this quote, Chung is able to shape the image of harmony in my head. Also she establishes the feeling of pride and glory when she ended up saying: "Asain is beautiful" (Chung,

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