Friday, April 24, 2009
Where do you feel you belong?
This is a complicated question. I do not know for sure, like Hyder, I can identify with multiple cultures. I do not know which one I might fit in more. In America, I have lived here all my life, but I don’t know. No matter what, I have always felt like an outsider. I have had and still have really good friends, but I still have this sensation. I am proud to be an American, and I would do anything for it, but for some reason on “small scale” I feel like I am apart. To be honest I have no idea as to why this would be. Then there is Bolivia. I loved the trip to Bolivia, and I did feel for the most part a sense of belonging. Like Hyder I had family members that remembered me and where very kind and open. I found it much more easy to assimilate with everyone else. One thing that was hard was the language. I am not fluent in Spanish, I am enough to understand the general jest of the conversations, but I had trouble with the speaking. So in this way I felt like an outsider too, a bit closer, but outside all the same. The last place that I feel i am connected to is Poland, which is where my mom's side is from. I do not have family there, nor have I been there, but I still would like to visit, but knowing virtually no Polish, I would not get far without help. In the end I have no idea where I should belong, but I still have my pride for America, and my cultural heritages.
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