Answer:
The protagonist's cultural background creates conflicts in between him and his daughters. His daughters wanted to get settled in American society and get assimilate in it, go to the malls, movies in bright daylight, but he and his wife wanted to hold their Dominican culture which creates the conflict between them. Both the parents was not good in accent language and not updating their lifestyle according to American society on the other hand their daughters were good in accent and writing and in identifying themselves according to new culture. When the narrator wrote the speech for her teachers day and read it to her family, her father did not like the speech. It was disrespectful according to him because he was not good in language, and he had no understanding of phrases this was also one of the main conflict between them due to their cultural background.
Explanation:
Can you post the passage, so I can see it and then give you the answer.
Answer:A
Explanation:
Alternate short sentences with longer sentences.
Answer:
C) Hard work and pride in one's work are more important than outward success.
Explanation:
In the given excerpt from "The Dancer's Dream," the narrator describes how Lily felt before auditioning in front of people. Moreover, the passage reveals her determination, her acceptance, and her realization of what's more important.
When Lily realized that <em>"her dream had already come true. She was a ballerina dancing on a stage . . . doing what she loved and the people she loved the most were there to see it"</em>, she knows she's achieved her goal no matter what the outcome of the audition may be. To her, being able to dance on a stage in front of her parents and Miss Emilie is the only thing important, worthy of every practice and long hours she'd spent.
This passage expresses the <u>central claim that hard work and pride in one's work matters more than outward success that measures one's efforts</u>. Thus, the correct answer is option C.
