Julia Alvarez writes a personal story about her experience changing her life by adapting to a different culture. Julia Alvarez was born in the Dominican Republic and her family moved to the United States to provide a secure future for the family. Parents tend to move to America to provide an education for their children or to escape national threats from the country of birth. Julia Alvarez begins to compare and contrast her experience adapting to a different culture. While living in America, Julia Alvarez draws inspiration from many writers and political figures she grew up with in America. Julia Alvarez also describes how difficult it was for her to adapt to a different culture and learn a new language in this foreign land where she now resides. Julia Alvarez says: ''My sister and I, being young, immediately took up the challenge. We learned the new language, the new mind, the new music, the way to dress and behave. But our success on these fronts soon created another kind of problem in our family. My parents desperately wanted us to conform to the old standards, yet they also wanted us to be part of this culture.” Julia Alvarez's cultural narrative shows that she has gone through hardships due to her new identity and her old conflicting cultural identity. Julia Alvarez proves this by mentioning it