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The narrator's cultural background impact's the text because in the passage the narrator was embarrassed about how her family and her culture was different from American culture. She was embarrassed because she had fell in love with a American boy named Robert that her parents had invited over for dinner a long with his family. Robert and his family werent

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What does the narrator's behavior towards her family's traditions reveal about her character?
- It shows how embarrassed she was of her family's heritage. It was different compared to American culture and traditions. She wanted to fit in with the Americans because of her crush on an american boy. The fact that he was in attendance there amplified how she felt about her family heritage.

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What does the narrator's behavior towards her family's traditions reveal about her character?
It shows how the narrator felt ashamed of her culture and traditions and it reflects because of how much she liked the american boy and didn't want him to know how they celebrated Christmas but in the end she actually realized that it wasn't that bad.

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Word choice develops the author's purpose in Fish Cheeks by helping the author convey the lesson she learned from her mother. In the text, of paragraph 3 Amy uses words like slimy, appalling, rubbery, fleshy, and compares the food she should like to bicycle tires. This conveys a negative description of what Amy usually considers good food showing how she needed the lesson.

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Endia Bess, Esther Elijah, and Ayanna Edmond

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Endia Bess, Esther Elijah, and Ayanna Edmond

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How does the narrator's cultural background impact the text ?

Amy was ashamed of her cultural Chinese ways, Most of their traditions where messy, loud, and abnormal. In regular american house hold they don't eat fish for dinner or belched loudly to show gratitude. Amy had wish she was a normal american girl and get rid of her Chinese ways.

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The author included this paragraph to convey the message that no matter, what you look like, your roots will always be there. In the case of the story, the mother was showing her daughter that even if she looked like the american girls, she would always be chinese, and that's nothing to be ashamed of.

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The authors purpose for including the paragraph was to convey that its okay to want to fit in, but don't lose sight of who you are, and where you come from.

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Emari and Iman                     Her behavior towards her family's traditions reveal that she was ashamed of her culture and her traditions. Because she was afraid of what people would portray of her.  

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Emari and Iman                     Her behavior towards her family's traditions reveal that she was ashamed of her culture and her traditions. Because she was afraid of what people would portray of her.  

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The author included the paragraph where her mother talks to her about her identity, because it was a heart to heart moment she had with her. It showed her mother understood where she was coming from. Even though she understood how her daughter felt she also told her she needs to embrace her culture.  This was a moment she thought about later in life and could actually appreciate and see the true meaning.

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The author's purpose is to tell a story based on the life/feelings of a foreign teenager. The word choice helped develop the author's purpose by using words that implied embarrassment and insecurity.

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What is the author's likely purpose for including the following paragraph?
"After everyone had gone, my mother said to me, 'You want to be the same as American girls on the outside.' She handed me an early gift. It was a miniskirt in beige twee. 'But inside you must always be Chinese. You must be proud you are different. Your only shame is to have shame.'"
The author's likely purpose for including this paragraph is to characterize Amy Tan's mother as understanding to her daughter. The author probably wanted to show that the mother wasn't bad just because she cooked Chinese meals for her American guests.

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How does the narrator's view of her family traditions differ from her mother's view of their family traditions?
The narrator's view of her family traditions differ from her mother's view because the narrator is more embarrassed of her family traditions meanwhile her mother embraces her family traditions.