四五正. Yon-gosei, or fourth-fifth generation, shows how I trace my origins to Japan. Although my family migrated to the islands of Hawaiʻi quite some time ago, our connection to the motherland remain strong. Like many Japanese-American households, my family prefers to eat white rice instead of potatoes with our meals and leave shoes outside before entering the house. Susan Ossman conducts three interviews in her book, Moving Matters: Paths of Serial Migration, in order to understand the thriving cosmopolitan and its connection to a future society on a global scale. The interviewees share their migration stories as individuals and with their families. However, despite an increase in the frequency of world-traveling serial migrants in the 21st century, this paper argues that the conception of a global citizenship strays further from fruition. Although new experiences and perspectives accumulate while living abroad in other countries, the community of origin is the foundation of one’s paradigm. Helene, a native of Paris, uses the concept of a Parisienne in order to distance …show more content…
An example of this type of person is Laurence. The Englishman is similar to Helene in his lack of wanting to understand those around him. Also a photographer, Laurence prefers to engage with others behind the lens of a camera. Although he met the love of his life while living in Japan, Laurence’s ability to speak the language is limited to basic conversations. Yet, language plays such an integral part of a community. Sometimes particular expressions and nuances are ways of communication that others outside of a community are not able to understand. Like any language other than one’s mother tongue, learning Japanese can be an incredibly daunting task, but without attempting to understand others utilizing their thought process, one cannot hope to perpetuate a global