Cultural Shock Among Immigrants

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Cultural Shock
Migrating to another country and dreaming of living a blissful life is always something many immigrants wish. It is very difficult to perceive the nature of the culture, values, customs, laws, social interactions and challenges in the new country. At times, it goes so unexpected and uncalculated that the immigrants feel themselves helpless and get trapped into a situation of constantly bearing something absolutely unwanted. Especially, for families when the kids have to adjust into new environments. They could not sustain serious cultural shocks and could not get along with people of poor mortality. We notice similar situations the immigrant families face in the stories of “Trespassing’ and “Leslie in California”. The most common challenges such families face are language barriers, difference in values and low esteem.
Language is primary media of understanding and getting integrated with any new society. An web article of CBS news has researched that in Georgia, advocates say some Latino immigrants get …show more content…

For Koreans, the 60th and 70th birthdays are prominent life events, which are commemorated with large-scale family parties and feasts. As in Chinese culture, the universal expectation in Korea is that roles reverse once parent’s age, and that it is an adult child's duty — and an honorable one at that — to care for his or her parents (Carter 2013).
The similar behavior is observed in the story ‘Tresspassing” where Carla was hiding behind the door while her mother is explaining a situation which Carla faced meeting a vulgar person who was sitting naked in his car. Out of respect, Carla let her mother to provide details when the cop interrupted the mom and asked for Carla to describe the incident:
“Please ma’am, the cop who was writing said, Let your daughter describe what she saw”

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