To assimilate is to change yourself to become what other people deem fit or normal. In the book A Raisin in The Sun Beneatha eager to assimilate, she goes through trying many different activities all of which are not her, and she does a lot to anglicanize her hair. Asagai views this in a negative light and sees it as a weakness.
Even though the book shows it as a weakness I disagree. I constantly see people assimilating around me every day and though some of it is not very positive, most of it is. Now that we are older you see people who used to not care about what they were doing or where they were going in life, realize that it matters. They start to hang out with the kids who have their heads together and know what they are going to do. of course there will always be a negative side to every positive thing and you will see good kids start getting into trouble, skipping, doing drugs, not care, but that doesn't happen to often. Another negative is that people completely try to change themselves to be like able. You shouldn't have to change yourself to please people.
I know that I have assimilated before, but I am working on being more comfortable with myself and I am pretty close to that. I know that everyone assimilates at one point or another, but I believe at one point or another people should come to terms with who they really are. Lui views assimilation and the creation and destruction of something, you are creating something or someone new while you are destroying who you used to be or who you truly are at the core.
I think you did very well capturing the topic but check your spelling and grammar. I don't really understand how people can assimilate for a good reason. Can you explain how?
ReplyDelete@Leslie Throughtful comment
DeleteI like your point that people assimilate by hanging out with people who have "their heads together". While this is very true, i believe its the opposite: that more people are starting to hang out with the knockoffs and hoodlums.
ReplyDelete@LeslieFlores I think people assimilate in a good way when knockoff deciede to hang out with kids who are focused and they change into a more focused person to better their lives.
ReplyDelete@JuanCastro I see your point in that and I do agree that, as of late it has been more people starting to hang out with hoodlums.
ReplyDeleteI love the points you made! Especially about your assimilations and how your woring on it. But can you explain more in depth by what you mean it is positive sometimes to assimilate?!
ReplyDelete@TiffanyCano I think it is positive to assimilate when you assimilate into something positive from something negative, like if all of your friends are joing NHS and you don't want to be left out so you pick up your grades and do everything you need to soyou can also join.
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