Orbiting by Bharati Mukherjee

After attending class on Monday and hearing about her first work that we were supposed to read, it helped with better understanding this second reading. The plot surrounds itself around the narrators family coming to her home for Thanksgiving dinner. The family is not only being hosted by her, but is also meeting her new love. The narrator Renata is Italian American and her new boyfriend is Afganhi. This is the start of the true plot and meaning behind the story. Multiculturism is not only difficult to accept but it is also out of the norm for most. When I am bringing home a boy to meet the parents, I honestly do not know how they would accept me bringing home someone of a different race. In high school I was friendly with someone of the different race and I was immeadiately warned that I need not take it farther than a simple friendship. To me, this is very frustrating and I do feel for Renata. I feel now-a-days it is much more common for my generation of peers to have different views on Multiculturalism than our generation of parents. Anyways this entire story brings together in reality Bharati's true views on what being an American really is. Her dad first brings over the turkey and then continues to tell her that she needs to grow up. Points out that she doesn't have the right funiture and is simply not mature enough for her age. He thinks she needs to fit into what he believes and does not regard that she is still young. In the story Rindy says "All over the country, I tell myself, women are towing new lovers home to meet their families." This quote shows that she is comparing herself to women across America and sees this act as no big deal. She doesn't divide that everyone is with different races or any division at all. Ro apparently comes from a "macho culture" and likes to see Rindy be hit on by poor lonely men and then come sweep her away. This also shows a difference in culture.