Question

Read Pat Mora’s poem quoted in "The Leader in the Mirror."

Answer 1

B. Both the poem and the essay show that immigrants and their children are pressured to forget their heritage

Answer 2

Answer: B) Both the poem and essay show that immigrants and their children are pressured to forget their heritage.

Explanation: The two given passages from the poem "The Leader in the Mirror" and the essay with the same name, have in similar that they both show that immigrants and their children are pressured to forget their heritage, we can see that in the poem when the parents raise their children imitating the American culture, and also in the essay when the author says that society tried to make her believe that her Mexican heritage was inferior to that of Anglo-Americans.