Question

Which detail from "Fish Cheeks" would best illustrate the point that Tan is unhappy with her appearance?

She wants to “disappear” from the dinner table.
She worries about Robert liking her “noisy Chinese relatives.”
She wishes that she had a “slim new American nose.”
She notes that Robert is as “white as Mary in the manger.”

Answer 1

The disappear one would make sense but "C" the nose one makes more sense since it has to do with her appearance.

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Answer 2

She wishes that she had a “slim new American nose.”

Step-by-step explanation:

"Fish Cheeks" is a poem written by Amy Tan. It is a story about a Chinese family who invited an American family for Christmas dinner. The narrator (Tan) had a crush on the minister's son, Robert, when she was 14 years old. In the story's first paragraph, you will notice that Tan was unhappy with her appearance because it was one of the wishes she prayed for Christmas. She was hoping to have a "slim new American nose" apart from having Robert. As an Asian, it is not common to have a slim nose, so it wasn't any wonder that she prayed for it.