In both
texts, the concept of culture is considered; and ultimately, the focus of the texts shifts to
how culture is flexible and evolves. Both "White Trash Primer" and "Two Ways to
Belong in America" discuss how someone can change their culture to adjust to the
opportunity that America provides.
In "White Trash Primer" the
author addresses the struggle of working-class white Americans. At the start, her family
struggles to eke out a living working on a farm, and the narrator falls works, despite being
underage. The work that the author does at the start of the story and the subsequent sex-work
she does is indicative of her social class, as well as her own view of herself and her station
in life. She drops out of college to help her family make ends meet, and she operates in
survival mode through the first half of the story.
Her vision of an evolving
culture is what links her to the mindset of the author of "Two Ways." Like in
"Two Ways," theof "White Trash Primer" eventually...
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