Question

Read this excerpt from Mukherjee’s memoir and answer the question. Clark, who remained in Iowa City until our youngest son finished high school, sent me newspaper accounts, and I turned them into stories. Indian friends in Atlanta took me to dinners and table gossip became stories. Suddenly, I had begun appropriating the American language. My stories were about the hurly-burly of the unsettled magma between two worlds. Using contextual clues, what implicit meaning is there in the line “Suddenly, I had begun appropriating the American language”? She started speaking English appropriately. She became a gossip and her husband helped her learn the language. From reading and listening, she was able to make use of the American language to turn true events into stories. Her use of the language set her apart from others.

Answer 1

The answer is that the person was slowly beginning to understand the English language. The context clues are that because the person was able to slowly turn newspaper accounts into stories, and was able to chat and gossip with her other friends. She was also "helped...by her husband."