Wednesday, March 7, 2012

A Bridge Between Two Cultures


Georgianne McNutt
English 151
A Bridge between two Cultures
            The article I read from the book is A Bridge Between Two Cultures by Virginia Di Tata.  I choose this article because I had recently done a research project on different cultures and how they affect the person we are made to be.  Upon reading this is starts with a girl that seems to be struggling with her move to a new country with a completely different culture and language then from where she grew up.  When reading this in a way it can be related to a college student moving to college.  Of course this is different on the scale that she moved from Maryland all the way to Venezuela; however this is completely different setting, when one moves to college they have to get used to the atmosphere there and the way things work.  From Virginia’s point of view she even had to force herself to realize that she had lost contact with most of her friends back home and would eventually have to make the adjustment to this culture.  When she finally did she joined the swim team and made some new friends that spoke the native language.  Through seeing this girl that is not familiar to any of this make such a huge leap it makes me think again of how college kids maneuver this tactic and get involved on campus.  Just like Virginia is evolving to this new culture she learns a new lifestyle and because the person she is because of this second home in Venezuela. Just like she said in the story when she came back from Venezuela she had found the bridge between her two cultures and how she is affected by both and have learned to love them both through their flaws and their beauty’s!

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