Read the excerpt from "Like Mexicans." We had lunch: sandwiches, potato chips, and iced tea. Carolyn and her mother talked mostl
y about neighbors and the congregation at the Japanese Methodist Church in West Fresno. Her father, who was in khaki work clothes, excused himself with a wave that was almost a salute and went outside. I heard a truck start, a dog bark, and the truck rattle away. How does Soto build a central idea of his story in the excerpt? By showing how Carolyn’s family lives in a way that is strange to him, Soto supports the idea that culture causes conflict between people. By showing how Carolyn’s family lives in a way that is boring to him, Soto supports the idea that people from different cultures do not share interests. By showing how Carolyn’s family lives in a way that is familiar to him, Soto supports the idea that people from different cultures can also share a culture. By showing how Carolyn’s family lives in a way that is similar to him, Soto supports the idea that there are very few differences among cultures
Answer: C) By showing how Carolyn’s family lives in a way that is familiar to him, Soto supports the idea that people from different cultures can also share a culture.
Explanation: In the given excerpt from "Like Mexicans" Soto describes one of his visits to Caronlyn's house, what they ate, what Carolyn and her mother talked about, and the way Carolyn's father went outside and started his truck. All these details are seen by Soto with familiarity, this shows that he supports the idea that people from different cultures can also share a culture, so the correct answer is option C.
on e2020 its C. Carolyn’s family lives in a way that is familiar to him, Soto supports the idea that people from different cultures can also share a culture.
The things that are falling are bombs. The bombs do not care what they hit. They do not have a preference for roads, roofs, thickets, or people. The bombers drop them with a specific target line up, but the bomb does not care what that is. This adds to the overall tone and mood of the poem.
Pacing is moving a story forward with a certain speed. So the correct answer should be slow. To slow a scene to the point of using a coma, add a lot of these. Since all of the sentences are relatively long with a lot of commas and all of that slows the tempo down.
The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "he pulled off a crucifix from his own neck, and bade me kiss it; but I refused once and again; he told me he would dash out my brains with his hatchet if I refused." <span>Puritan influence pertains to the simplifying of doctrines and worship within the Church of England.</span>
