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To fully appreciate the text/talk, let's analyze it by answering the following questions in two to four sentences (5 points each): A. LINGUISTIC APPROACH What identity does the text/talk reflect? Explain your answer by stating the evidence. The identity that the text reflects is one’s true self with...

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1. To fully appreciate the text/talk, let's analyze it by answering the following questions in two to four sentences (5 points each): A. LINGUISTIC APPROACH 1.

What identity does the text/talk reflect? Explain your answer by stating the evidence.

- The identity that the text reflects is one’s true self without changing anything. Like the speaker’s ethnicity or being a Latina, that is who she really is, it is her true identity. From the lines “In order to contribute my talents to the world I have to resist the truth of who I am. I for one, am ready to stop resisting and to start existing as my full and authentic self.” the speaker realized that she must embrace her true self. “My identity is not my obstacle. My identity is my superpower. Because the truth is, I am what the world looks like.” The speaker emphasized that her identity is not something that prevents her from fulfilling her dream but something that would help her even more as soon as people start seeing her as who she really is. 2.

Why America’s first audition became an eye-opener event in her life? How this event

changed the mood and tone of the text/talk? - America’s first audition was an eye-opening event in her life, when the casting director asked her to be more Latina even if she is actually Latina, the director meant to act like the stereotyped Latina by speaking broken English. The mood of the talk became serious as the speaker shared the event of her experiencing blatant and obvious discrimination. B. BIOGRAPHICAL APPROACH 3.

How does conformity (a type of social influence involving a change in belief or behavior in

order to fit in with a group) to the moves of society become a struggle for the speaker? How did she overcome this? - The speaker went through a lot in order to fit in; she stayed out of the sun to no get too brown, straitened her curls, constantly tried to lose weight, and bought more fancier and expensive clothes. She changed a lot about herself in hopes that people could finally be able to see what she is capable of, she thought that she needed to overcome her true self to be given a chance,

eventually she had realized that she didn’t have to change herself, she learned to stop resisting and to start existing as her full and authentic self. 4.

What has the speaker revealed in her work/talk about her characteristic (modes of thought,

perceptions, or emotions)? - The speaker at first believed into what she can’t and should be because of how people had treated her. Her response to what the system believed about her was to believe in it as well and that resulted in her changing herself. She constantly accepted failure as her own and felt deep shame because she could not overcome the obstacles. Like everyone else, she believed that someone like her does not exist in the dream she wanted. But she eventually came to a realization that had led her to a path of self-acceptance and a resolve to exist as her full and authentic self. The speaker learned to embrace her identity as a superpower instead of as an obstacle to be overcome. C. SOCIOCULTURAL APPROACH 5.

How does this text/talk reflect the plight of immigrants and migrants all over the world?

Does this text/talk also reflect other issues (stereotype, discrimination, etc.)? Explain your answer. - The text reflects what immigrants and migrants go through, how people see and treat them. They are being treated as if they are not welcome to the country they are in and always being looked down upon by other people. The text reflects issues like discrimination and stereotypes, people tend to see other people of different ethnicity as the usual stereotypes that they know, it makes life harder for those discriminated because like the speaker in the text, she resorted to changing herself just to fit in thus losing herself in the process. It would be hard to interact with other people if they always see them as someone they are not.

II. Conduct a research on the struggles of migrants and immigrants all over the world. Choose a story that touches you the most; summarize it, and write a short reflection. (25 points) I chose the story of Zarka Shabir who immigrated to the United States from India in 2013. She acknowledged herself as less in the eyes of others just because she is an immigrant. Zarka was mostly afraid of how other people in America would see and treat her, she constantly thinks if her name was too jagged, or too Muslim that it won’t be easy to pronounce. She had said that it was hard to integrate in a new country and that it comes with loneliness. With her attempts to fit in and get along with other people, the feeling of familiarity was hard. There was a sense of wanting to find food that smells like your own or to find places that feel like your own for comfort, Zarka have found herself out of place. Zarka Shabir’s story is only one of many immigrants and migrants in the world, most are experiencing much worst in terms of discrimination and rejection in the country they are migrating to. Not only are immigrants treated as less or unwanted, they are also put in stereotypes and constantly being discriminated on. Most do not intend on migrating but because of the situation in their own countries, they have no choice but to move to a place where they are not completely accepted. With time they would eventually settle in, but the feeling of being out of place will always be evident in the live of various immigrant and migrants....