Yes, the ton of the excerpt is definitely enthusiastic and optimistic. Your answer is most likely correct.
Answer:
D. stereotype threat
Explanation:
The threat of stereotype occurs when a person is preoccupied with behaving in a way that confirms negative stereotypes about the members of their group, or about themselves. This additional stress may end up affecting actual performance in a specific situation. An example of this can be seen in the question. Generally, people with colored hair are stereotyped as rebellious, disobedient, and bad students. Andrew knows about this stereotype and although he keeps his hair colored, he is afraid that because of this stereotype, people start to think that he has poor academic performance.
<u>Answer:</u>
<u>They are both of Armenian origin who pursue their dreams.</u>
<u>Explanation:</u>
Note that the story of Aram is captured in a series of short stories about the life of this character from his youthful days.
First, we are told about Aram in the story, “<em>The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse,” </em>who at the time was a nine years old boy of belonging to an immigrant Armenian family in living in the United States.
However, Aram’s dealings with uncle Melik was mentioned in the third story, “The Pomegranate Trees,” where we are told that uncle has a goal pursuing mindset like Aram, Melik decides to grow an orchard in the desert, although it didn't produce well in the end, but he tried pursuing the goal; a quality that both him and Aram shares.
