Teresa Acosta My Mother Pieced Quilts

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“ Don’t forget - no one else sees the world way you do..”. This quote by Charles de Lint illustrates how every view is different than one another. This is present because due to the idea that culture affects people’s views. Growing up, with you family or guardians, gives you your values; which will deeply impact your views on others and the outside world.

Culture affects all of our perspectives by our experiences, and basic stereotypes. In “Ethnic Hash” Patricia says, “What are the habits, customs, and common traits of the social group by which I have been guided in life---and how do I cook them?” ( Williams 11 ) In which means, she is unaware of how it all pieces together. In the short story, Patricia also includes that she has Cherokee …show more content…
In the poem, she described her perspective on the making of the quilt and also the quilt as a whole. Teresa said, “ but it was just that every morning I awoke to these october ripened canvases.” ( Acosta 54 ) She vividly describes the quilt as “ october ripened canvases”; therefore she highly values the quilt, greatly due to her culture she grew up with. I personally don’t care for quilts due to the fact I wasn’t raised with them. Changes may occur in your views as you get older but your culture still deeply impacts your views on the outside world. Experiences coincide with culture, because as you get older the more culturally-based experiences you encounter and the more experiences you have, the more developed your view is of others and the …show more content…
Bharati came from Calcutta, India and moved to America to study creative writing. Bharati loves America and the American culture. “I married it” (Mukherjee 71) Culture does not influence Bharati in multiple ways. Bharati departed from her father’s opinions when she married someone who was not from Indian descent. “By choosing a husband who was not my father’s selection, I was opting for fluidity” (Mukherjee 70) Bharati wants to live her life according to what she believes in her heart and based upon her own opinions. Culture also does not play a big role in what Bharati wears in her daily life. In India, the popular religious thing to wear is a sari but when Bharati comes to america she starts to wear blue jeans and t-shirts. “I was opting for fluidity, self invention, blue jeans and t-shirts.” (Mukherjee 70) Bharati has no intentions to leave America and has embraced who she is. Although, there are ways to show that culture does not play a big role in how one views the world. In the same short story the other sister, Mira, does not assimilate to the American lifestyle. “To my ears, it sounded like the description of a long-enduring, comfortable yet loveless marriage, without risk or recklessness.” (Mukherjee 71) Even though Mira has been a legal immigrant for 36 years, she still does not feel love for America and genuinely clings to her Indian
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