Response to Sam Wood--Blog 11

Immigrating to a new country must be very hard no matter what country they are coming from or going to. In this case going from Africa to the United States must be very difficult because he is going from a third world country to a highly sophisticated country. Although he tends to be torn between his two cultures, I do believe that no matter where you're from you should take some of that culture with you. After all, the United States is called the melting pot and it's because we have so many great cultures coming together to form a country yet we all represent the United States in our own unique ways. I feel as if he shouldn't have been torn, instead he should have embraced the American culture and still had his own culture. If he were to completely let go of his own culture he might forget where he came from, and that is a big part of ourselves and our history to be letting go. Everyone in the United States immigrated at one time so he shouldn't have felt like an "Outcast". I could see how it would be hard for an immigrant to assimilate to our new ways, especially because the US is much different than African culture. I also agree that it does show that he is torn between US culture and African culture because he does like the United States so much.