Squatter- Minstry Rohinton

According to statistics, Canada is one of the countries with the most immigrants. They come from almost every coin of the world and have very different cultures and ethnic backgrounds. A common problem that all of them have to face would be: how to adapt to a new culture that is completely different from theirs? In the short story “Squatter”, the author Minstry Rohinton has led readers to think about how to answer. By telling an interesting story about an immigrant who cannot go to toilet, Rohinton comes up with the idea that immigrants can feel pull between two worlds, not fully belonging in either. The sense of not belonging could be caused by physical difficulties, social problems, mental pressure and disability of adapting to the changes of old place.

Immigrating to another country means first of all changing the lifestyle. Sometimes it is pretty natural and takes no time. In other cases, the adapting process may be very difficult. Someone could even feel that they have to a...