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Surname 1 Name Professor Course Date Torn Between the Asian And American Culture Over the past decades, the rate of immigration has been increasing with the primary motivation of individuals escaping the socio-economic and political condition of their native countries. The feeling of being a migrant in another country leaves individuals torn between two cultures with each pulling them in a different direction. It the same situation presented in the two novels “The Namesake” and “The Sympathizer” written by Lahiri Jhumpa and Thanh Nguyen Viet respectively. Lahiri explores the connection between the Asian and Indian world by presenting the life and experience of a Bengali family who decides to travel to the United States to stay permanently. Viet presents the story of a communist spy who has to live a dualistic life and faces the socio-political conflict based on his beliefs. Therefore, the immigrants who reside in the United States fail to integrate and develop full allegiance because they remain torn between two cultures, the native and host country. The novels give an insight into the historical context of how Asian Americans arrived in the US as either immigrants or refugees in the late 1980s and 1990s. The characters in the novels feel isolated and alienated from both their native Asian culture and that of America. In the history class, Gogol learns that “the European immigrant had their names changed once they were emancipated” (Lahiri 5.1) to present this ide ...
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