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How can the arrival of something from another culture challenge someone’s thinking? Discuss this with references of ‘Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan.
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How can the arrival of something from another culture challenge someone's thinking? Discuss this with references of 'Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan. The poet looks at the issue of a young girl who has been split into two different cultures. The two cultures have torn her apart, being in a western culture has also changed how she feels about life, 'I was there-of no fixed nationality'. This quote shows how Alvi's general feeling of not belonging, which is the idea that the poem explores. Although the poet comes from an Asian background, she desperately wants to be able to fit in and be able to wear the clothes, which her friends wear. Alvi describes that the school friend is not impressed by her wardrobe clothes, which is filled full of the Salwar Kameez. She feels let down by how it is important to be able to fit in. The arrival of...
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