Assimilation stems from the desire to fit in with everyone else.  When people assimilate, they change who they are, what they wear, what they believe, and who they associate with in order to be accepted by society.  Within this topic, you will read literary texts that give a first-person account of what it means to be deemed “different” and how it feels to change who you are to appease the dominant opinion.

Essential Questions

• Why do people feel the need to assimilate?
• Why is it important to embrace who you are?