My Two LivesIn "My Two Lives" Jhumpa Lahiri talks about her difficulties growing up in America coming from two different cultures. At home he spoke Bengali with his parents and ate with his hands. According to Jhumpa's parents, she was not American and never would be. This led her to feel ashamed of her past. He felt he no longer had to hide his culture. When Jhumpa got married in Calcutta she invited her American friends who had never visited India. Jhumpa thought her friends would judge her as belonging to Indian culture and isolate her. However, his friends were intrigued and fascinated by his culture. He felt that his culture no longer needed to be hidden from his friends and that coming from an Indian-American culture is unique. Jhumpa believes her upbringing is the reason she is still involved in her Bengali culture. Jhumpa says, “While I am American by virtue of growing up in this country, I am Indian through the efforts of two individuals.” Jhumpa means she is Indian, because she has lived most of her life and grew up here. In the story Lahiri explains that her parents shaped her into the person she is. Growing up from two different cultures can be difficult, but it can also be beneficial. Through the story Jumpha shows the audience how they can relate to her through their own experiences. This really grabs the readers attention and puts them in his situation. I am able to relate, as well as understand the complex language in which he is able to write his article. The story hardly goes into detail about how she grew up with issues from two cultures and how someone should act in a new culture. Coupled with the lack of basic information on the topic t...... middle of paper......me Americans was made. Wong is multicultural and non-Chinese. However, when he thinks back to his childhood, he feels unhappy. His unhappiness is significant because this feeling shows us his current conception of his initial legacy. He can understand why his mother took them to Chinese school in this regard. She could be American and still have Chinese ancestry. There are many All-Americans, but she likes to be a multicultural person and has numerous possibilities to maintain her Chinese culture. The reason for her unhappiness is that she has missed these possibilities. He thought maintaining more than one background was interesting. By being an all-American girl and abandoning her Chinese culture, she has come to realize the importance of her original heritage and the concrete meaning of being multicultural..