Read the personal essay, "Two Ways to Belong in America," by Bharati Mukherjee from your textbook.

Compare and make connections to the previous reading and artwork in this progression. Choose a setting where people go and where you can sit and observe uninterrupted for at least an hour (for example, Starbucks, a library, a park, the mall, a restaurant, a bowling alley, and so on); the setting that you choose should be somehow thematically, perhaps symbolically, linked to the theme you have been working with.

Be sure to bring a notepad and write down your observations. Try to be objective as you look for manifestations of the thematic idea with which you are working. Write a thematic analysis informed by your observation and the personal essays that you have read.

Your ethnography should be between two and three double-spaced pages in MLA format. Follow MLA documentation for any materials cited from the readings, including a Works Cited list.