Thursday, May 30, 2019

Coming To America: Adjusting To A Culture Essay -- Cultural Identity Es

     Prince Ahkeim Jahfar wakes up on his twenty-first birthday and realizesthat he is to be wed to a woman he has never met before. This is a custom thatis handed-down in the royal family of Zamoonda, Africa. His father, KingJahfi Jahfar had been planning this wedding for many years. The woman who isgroomed to be the princes wife has been trained since birth to learneverything about the prince and what he likes. She is trained to fill hisevery desire. As it turned out, the Prince was not satisfied with his wife tobe because her intellect did not meet his standards. He decides to travel tothe States to find his bride to be.     Prince Ahkeim and his servant Simi fly to Queens, New York to fill outthe Princes dreams. They arrive in a suburban area of Queens wearing very dearly-won suits and animal skins around their chest. Soon they find out thatthey need to change their wardrobe to fit in with the rest of the population.Prince Ahkeim plans to meet a woman that go forth love him for who he is and notfor the wealth he has. He must make everybody he meets believe that he is anordinary person from New York so that his cover will not be "blown". ThePrince even gets a job at a fast-food restaurant and works like a nestling wouldfrom his home. When asked where he is from, he simply replies "Im an Africanstudent who is studying here at the University".     ...

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