How Did Sandra Cisneros Influence American Culture

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Dwight Okita and Sandra Cisneros were both influenced by American culture. Both authors Okita who wrote " Response in Executive Order 9066" and Cisneros who wrote "Mericans" both have established topics of American identity. In Okita's poem, American identity had more to do with personal experience, on what her family has gone through. In Cisneros short story is telling us that at the moment they are trying to deal with the "old " Mexico and the "new" Mexico because they are caught right in the middle of it. Both Okita's poem and Cisneros's short story show that heritage and physical appearances do not determine what it means to become American.

In the letter "Response to Executive Oder 9066," by Dwight Okita is telling us about a little girl who is just exhausted by the American culture. As we continue reading see how the little girl is being judged and affected because she states that one her of …show more content…
In the beginning, it is about her grandmother that is nicknamed 'the awful grandmother' that is practicing different prayers. The girl and her brothers are stuck outside the church waiting for their grandmother. They are not allowed to walk to the plaza where the fun things are. But, they are also not allowed to come inside the church. She checks on her grandmother to see why its taking so long to pray, but 'the awful grandmother’ only orders her back outside. When she gets back outside, an American couple wants to take a picture of the two boys while they are under the impression that the children are Mexican because they are speaking Spanish. After taking the picture the little boy yells to his siblings in English. This shows that the children are bilingual and speak both which is why they refer to themselves as ‘Mericans’. They are crossed between Mexican and American, which they call the ‘Old world’ and the ‘New
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