An Indian Father's Hollow Analysis

Someone’s cultural identity is evolving like a piece of clay; it molds and shapes based on the experiences they encounter.The way we have been raised and what our background is makes us who we are. As individuals, we developed around this understanding, which can lead to different perceptions in a variety of situations.A person's cultural background does affect they way he/she sees others and the world.

Culture and Education have an effect on how people see the world. In the essay “An indian father's plea” by Robert Lake culture and background have an affect the way Windwolf sees the world. For example in paragraph 14 of the essay. Wind wolf's states “He doesn’t have any friends at school because they make fun of his long hair’’(98).Little

Because Windwolf has a broad background and he views the world differently from the kids he goes to school with. In the short story ‘‘Everyday use” by Alice Walker education has an affect on how Dee views the world. For example “I couldn't stand it any longer, being named after the people who oppress me”.(79-80).Dee’s mom was denied education because her school closed down and never open again.Even though Dee's mom struggled to go to school,she still managed to send Dee to a good school.Yet Dee seems committed to forcing her knowledge on to her mother and sister.This forces different perspectives because Dee sees the

For example in paragraph 11 “She washed us in a river of make-believe lies, Burned us with a lot of knowledge we we didn’t necessarily need to know”(78).Dees mother feels like she is burdened with her daughters views on the world,Dee wants to share what she knows with her family but her mother could care less about book or any sense of understanding.This causes Dee to push her family away and look at them a “dimwits”. In Alice walker's short write “Everyday” life experiences influence the way Dee mother views the world. On paragraph 13 Dee mother says “I never had an education myself. After the second grade the school closed down”(78).Dees mother didn’t go to school after the second grade because her school closed down.Yet She raised money with the church to send her daughter dee gto school in augusta. After returning from school Dee treat her family like they oppress her changing her name and demanding thing she doesn't deserve. Doing this forces dee to look at her family as inferior to her knowledge.Dee wants to share what she knows with her family but her mother could care less about book or any sense of understanding.After returning from school Dee treat her family like they oppress her changing her name and demanding thing she doesn't