Analysis

Reading 1  Bharati Mukherjee, Two Ways to Belong in America  p. 267 answer 3 questions:

1- What are the two ways to belong in America that Mukherjee refers to in her title?

2- How do the two sisters (the author and her sister) deal with their concept of identity in America?

3- What cause the author to accept her new identity in America and what are the effects of her new identity on her relationship with her sister?

Reading 2  Virginia Woolfs The Death of the Moth

What does Woolf’s “The Death of the Moth” symbolize?  Justify your answer.