Elizabeth in the Ted Talk “What’s missing from the American immigrant narrative” grew up in Mexico and was forced to grow up and figure out her life and her own success on her own with her younger brother and also help him to fund his success. She learned that as a community we should come together more to help each other, but her main point in the ted talk is to help yourself and get your oxygen mask before helping someone else and getting them theirs. Meaning help yourself first then others.
In Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok, Kim goes to a new school and makes a new friend, Annette. One of Kim’s teachers singles her out for her lack of understanding of English, which is difficult until Annette helps boost her confidence. Kim gets accepted to an expensive private school with financial support. This causes a riff between her and her aunt, who had a child that wasn’t accepted to the same school, despite them being better off financially. In the end Kim ends up better financially off then anyone and achieves her own success by becoming a very successful surgeon.
These two topics are connected through children of immigrants/young immigrants and having to work hard for what YOU want, not necessarily your family. Elizabeth in the Ted Talk “What’s missing from the American immigrant narrative” she says “In case of an emergency, put your oxygen mask on first before helping those around you…it meant that immigrants couldn't and would never be able to fit into any one narrative” (Gutierrez 5:10) In this quote Kim is talking about her and Ma's new house. Witch in this case is being thought of like their new oxygen mask and taking off the old dirty one. She says that in some time she would be able to help Matt and Park too. “If you want, you and Park can come with me. It may take me some time, but someday I'll take you away from all this.” (Kwok 272)
Should you always put on your own oxygen mask first or not? To what extent should people go to help those around them?
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