Question

Read the excerpt from “In Response to Executive Order 9066.”

I am a fourteen-year-old girl with bad spelling
and a messy room. If it helps any, I will tell you
I have always felt funny using chopsticks
and my favorite food is hot dogs.

Read the excerpt from “Mericans.”

Micaela, you may wait outside with Alfredito and Enrique. The awful grandmother says it all in Spanish, which I understand when I’m paying attention. “What?” I say, though it’s neither proper not polite.

Which idea is true of the speakers in both excerpts?

Answer 1

They feel more connected to American culture than their ancestors’ culture.

Step-by-step explanation:

The first paragraph refers to an American girl of Asian descent. Reading the paragraph, we can see that the girl is not comfortable with her Asian ancestry and is more integrated into American culture. This can be seen from the lines "I have always felt funny using chopsticks and my favorite food is hot dogs."

On the other hand, in the second paragraph, we realize that the girl has Mexican descent, since her grandmother speaks Spanish and the title of the text "Mericanos". The girl feels good about American culture, but is a little uncomfortable with Mexican culture as she responds to her grandmother rudely when speaking in Spanish.

In both paragraphs we can conclude that girls feel more connected to American culture than their ancestors' culture.