Journal 72: Immigrant’s Journey

       I do not consider myself as an immigrant because I never move to anywhere, the American culture basically move to me. So the school itself is an immigrant, not me. I think the biggest difference between my experience and Jhumpa Lahiri’s is that her original society and the one that she had to get use to is very different. For me, I just put on one mask when I get to school. For Jhumpa Lahiri, she had to prepare two masks for both when she went out and be with her family. The fact that we both had to live under bi-culture environment was the same, but other than that, I think the two situation were pretty different because the two backgrounds were swapped.   

       Since we are not in the same situation, her quotation does not apply to my life at all. However I do think the quote makes since and I would agree with that quote. No matter how rewarding the experience is, the immigrant based everything off departure. For whatever reason the immigrant leaves, they are making the next generation a better point to start with. All the bitters the first generation immigrant face will end up as advantage for the second generation.