Imogen has left the big city for the hometown she grew up in. She was now back to a place where people knew her. This is because when growing up Imogen had interaction with other people who can observe her and form opinions about her. What it means to know someone is to spend time with them and get to know their idiosyncrasies.
The short story “ <u>Mericans </u>“ written by <em><u>Sandra Cisneros</u></em> is the story about children from Mexican descent living in America. They are trying to find their identity between these two worlds. They don’t use their Mexican names in America but easier sounding English names. Micaella (Michelle) narrates the story and she shows the differences between the two cultures, like in the excerpt what the dress code is for church and the woman trying to speak Spanish.
Question: The irony in this excerpt contributes most to which of the following themes?
Answer: B. It is possible for people to be connected to more than one culture.
Chaucer uses several different techniques to create lively characters, but the best option from the list would be
"indirect characterization" if you have to choose one.
Explanation:
In The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer originally uses indirect techniques of characterization in identifying the various pilgrims in the General Prologue and completely the whole poem. Unlike primary characterization in which the narrator simply tells the reader what sort of personality a role has, secondary characterization allows the reader to form his or her own conception of the character in question
