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I think that Lin's brother is having an easer time then Lin.

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I think the main character in "All American Slurp" wants blend in and be like all the other kids. "But she insisted that girls wears skirts. By the time she saw that Meg and the other girls were wearing jeans, it was too late."

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Lins family is really only good at speaking Chinese and is still trying to learn English so it hard to say French of even understand it"Father, being an engineer, was always systematic. He took out a pocket French dictionary. “They told me that most of the items would be in French, so I came prepared.” He even had a pocket f lashlight, the size of a marking pen. While Mother held the f lashlight over the menu, he looked up the items that were in French.
“Pâté en croûte,” he muttered. “Let’s see . . . pâté is paste . . . croûte is crust . . . hmm . . . a paste in crust.”

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"Do try some of the celery, Mrs. Lin," Mrs. Gleason said.

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One inference I have is that the main character, is way different than her brother. One way that shows this is that they are different is, the main character has trouble making friends, and his brother doesn't. One text that shows this is, "but Meg was still the only friend I have. My brother didn't have any problems making friends. This shows that the main character really struggles with making friendships, but her brother is smooth sailing, and has no problems making friends.

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They always sat down at the dinner table because they try hard to fit in with American table manners " we couldn't see any chairs around the table. So we helpfully carried over some dining chairs and sat down. All the other guests just stood there.. Mrs. Gleason bent down and whispered to us, "this is a buffet dinner. You help yourselves to some food and eat it in the living room."

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Mrs. Gleason is understanding because in the text when the Lin family carried some dining chairs over to the table because they didn't know that it was actually a buffet, "Mrs. Clemson bent down and whispered to us, 'This is a buffet dinner. You help yourselves to some food and eat it in the living room.'" This shows that she understood that the Lin family were new and helped them.

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"I worried more about making mistakes, and I spoke carefully, making sure I could say everything right before opening my mouth."
The narrator is cautious, and a little bit of a perfectionist. She needs to make sure that everything she says is correct before opening her mouth. That is perfectionism. She wants to be perfect. This is also cautious, because she is careful. She needs to make sure she does not slip up.

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Why do you think Meg and the girl are friends? Explain.

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''Do try some of the celery Mrs.Lin" she said "It's from a local farmer and its sweet" This shows that Mrs. Gleason is being kind to the Lin family by kindled offering them to try some new food.

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People from different cultures aren't different unless you compare their actions.
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"[...] Mom never tries to figure out how much food to prepare. She just puts everything on the table and hopes for the best."
"I began to relax. The Gleasons' dinner party wasn't so different from a Chinese meal after all. My mother also puts everything on the table and hopes for the best"

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The Gleasons are nice people. "We had been invited to dinner by our neighbors, the Gleasons."

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Meg wants to fit in.
"There aren't too many of those around," I said. "Almost all the girls wear jeans while riding a bike, so they don't see any point buying a girl's bike."

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One infrence I had from the story all American is that they haven't learned the manners that they have in American then back at home where they live. So when the Lin family was having dinner with them they were getting sorta grossed out

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I think that her mom is very formal because she wanted to impress other people by "Memorize[ing] lists of polite phrases that would cover all possible social situations."

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I infer the Lin family is considerate and polite. "It was lavishly covered with platters of food, but we couldn’t see any chairs around the table. So we helpfully carried over some dining chairs and sat down."

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I infer that the family is very unused to American customs. I know this because the article says "As our family of four sat stiffly in a row, my younger brother and I stole glances at our parents for a clue as to what to do next." This supports my inference .

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The Lin family perseveres because even though they are not used to America they still try really hard to still learn English.

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I infer that Lensey and her brother are unsure about how things work in America. "As out family of four sat stiffly in a row, my younger brother and I stole glances at our parents for a clue was to what to do next"

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The girl is insecure about her English. "I worried more about making mistakes, and I spoke carefully, making sure I could say everything right before opening my mouth."

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Meg is a nice person because she decided to introduce herself and became friends with the new kid and its not always fun to do that but did it anyways and was really nice to her