"Born in Amerika"

Mona Maisami's author of "Born in Amerika" (2003) wrote this nonfiction essay while she was a junior at Franklin and Marshall College. She writes about her expierence and struggles of being and Iranian who grew up in America. Mona can not help but notice how different she is from her other family member that just recently moved to America. This essay was most likley written for an audience that does not feel accepted by society.

The essay sends a positive message that you should be happy with who you are and you do not have to please the world around you. In this situation it would be easy to try to fit it around her family, but Mona stays true to herself. She respects her familys culture, but stand up for who she is. Although