"Response to Executive order 9066" and "Mericas" were written by authors who were inspired by foreign and America culture. Sandra Cisneros and Dwight Okita communicated the topic of American identity through their stories. American identity is being apart of the American culture by sharing the same values, beliefs, etc. Okita's poem and Cisneros story both show that coming from a different cultural background, and the way you look does not define what being an American is.

" Merica " by Sandra Cisneros is about a young girl who in between the old and the new side of her Mexican culture. Micaela shows in various ways how shes dislikes her grandmother, and how different their views are in general. The grandmother prays at La Divina Providencia an old Mexican church for her family members who live in the United States. She refers it as " that barbaric country and its barbaric ways ". Her dislike for the united states differs from the way Micaela feels about it. While she feels a stronger connection moreover to the U.S. rather then she does Mexico. Another strong form of American identity in the short story was when Micaela and her brothers were playing a game, but she would constantly get picked on for being a girl. Young girls feel as if they need to prove themselves to the boys to be treated equally. Although Micaela identify's her self as being an American some tourist think other wise based on the …show more content…
It shows how she is affected by how different her, and her best friends culture differences are. In certain ways she feels more of a connection to the American world from the fact that shes always felt funny using chopsticks, and her favorite food is hot dogs which is considered a typical American food. Although she is not American, some of her characteristics are similar to a typical