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Culture Shock Throughout literature, authors incorporate personal experiences in their work. If a reader knows enough background information, he/she can pick up on subtle hints hidden in the text that reveal little known facts about the author. Bharati Mukherjee, like many of her peers, draws on personal events and memories when writing. Her short story, “A Father,” truly mirrors her own life. The story is about the discomfort, reluctance, and hostility felt by an …

…Mr. Bhowmick is unable to give up the standards and beliefs he acquired as a child in his homeland, but he is also unwilling to adjust to his present life. He is constantly pulled in different directions. Thoughts of his homeland, Kali-Mata, and fundamental beliefs make him yearn for the past, while his wife and pregnant daughter make him despise the present. Whenever anything goes wrong, he blames the people who care for him most.