American culture is a hard to define simply because everyone has a different idea on what if may be, based on their experiences or environments they were raised in. I define American culture as having many rights, and being a in a democratic state. I also see it in a negative perspective. I believe that American culture can have a selfish, greedy aspect. Immigrants are represented in a controversial light. Being from elsewhere, sometimes Americans believe they are superior. Of course, the key word here is ‘sometimes’. Also, there is a polemic view on immigrants coming to America to venture out to take jobs away from born and raised Americans. On the other hand, I find this absolutely ludicrous, seeing as how all Americans are immigrants themselves. Children of immigrants are seemingly pressured to balance both cultures. This is difficult because every person has contrasting views on how this child should be educated, based on previous traditions and in general.
In the photo I’ve chosen to observe, a woman is sitting on a wooden chair, with good posture, and staring off into the distance. This photo reminds me of nothing in particular, but I have a photographer in general that takes photos like this that I enjoy. This photo suggests about children of immigrants that they feel a renewed gratitude about emigrating to the US because of the hardships their parents endured, or at least in this woman’s perspective she feels this way. Other people could interpret this differently because of many factors. Age plays a crucial role in this photo especially because a chronic event that affected the world globally occurred at this time. Previous experiences play another major role in basically just interrupting everything. I definitely sense a connection in this photo and How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents have a broad relationship in the fact of having parents who reflect on their pasts, and I sense an uncertainty of identity in both photos.
