Paraphrase-- First generation American children normally experience tension with their immigrant parents concerning how each generation understands and preserves aspects of their native culture (Choi, He, Harachi). Julia and her mother prove no exception to this idea as they each grow increasingly annoyed with the other over cooking tortillas. While Julia clings to the American ideal of consumerism where she can easily buy tortillas at any grocery store, Ama holds tight to past Mexican traditions.