Mary Antin's Assimilation to American Culture

Analytical Essay # 58536

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A look at how Mary Antin's memoir, "The Promised Land," helped acclimatize her to American society.

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This paper explores Mary Antin's assimilation into the American culture through her book, "The Promised Land". She begins the chronicle of her experiences as an immigrant in the New World. Antin did more than just adapt to America; she threw herself into it, assimilating herself so much that she could not identify with the Russian Jew she was born.

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"Mary Antin's memoir, The Promised Land chronicled her immigrant experience in the United States. She wished to use her life as a model for other American immigrants so that they could understand the literal and spiritual journey of the process to Americanization. Through a progression of events, Mary Antin assimilates herself into the American culture and sheds her Russian-Jewish identity."

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Mary Antin's Assimilation to American Culture (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 10, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-Mary-Antin's-Assimilation-to-American-Culture/58536

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"Mary Antin's Assimilation to American Culture" 15 January 2012. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-Mary-Antin's-Assimilation-to-American-Culture/58536>