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Whenever the author uses the word <em>American </em>with quotation marks, it is to ridicule the Americanized people who started believing they are truly American and decided to leave behind their heritage and history. The author, Anzia Yezierska, talks about how she finally moved to America in order to pursue her dreams, happiness, and financial stability, and started living with and working for a family from the same Polish village she comes from. The family completely forgot about where they come from and pretended they were truly American, or rather "American" as Yezierska would put it.
Through this usage, we can see how quickly the author's thoughts and feelings about the "land of freedom" changed. She moved there in order to earn her own money and finally be happy. However, what she encountered was loneliness, misunderstanding, shame, hatred, inadequacy, etc. which she wasn't hoping for. Therefore, her feelings about America shifted from childish exhilaration towards sad acceptance and ultimately hatred.
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Mikhail is using the web below to organize his ideas for his essay about the aftermath of the 1871 Chicago fire. One of his sources is The Great Fire by Jim Murphy. A circle is labeled Great Chicago Fire: The Aftermath. 3 circles are connected to this main circle. The first is labeled Restoring the city. The second is labeled Analyzing what happened. The third is labeled Individual stories. Which detail belongs in the individual stories area of the web? “Buildings that citizens viewed with great pride, such as the Courthouse, were gobbled up.” “White turned the wagon around and again headed south, his family and all of his servants safely onboard.” “The demand for carpenters and bricklayers soared, and farmers from as far away as 150 miles came to get jobs.” “As the days crept by, more and more people shook off their despondency and began to rebuild their homes and businesses.”
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Explanation:
I would say the answer is D.
This is because of the way she talks about how she is uncomfortable with the hijab in the begging but releases that idea. Instead she goes into a more “I want to be as comfortable as those girls” idea and the story/excerpt tends to follow that idea until the end of it. Also the central ideas seem to be revealed at ends of stories for example she even states, “I was even a bit jealous” and “They looked so at peace with their identity and everybody got to know and respect them of their own terms.” Which implies she wants to have that sense of comfort in herself that she doesn’t have unlike the other girls.
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