Hema’s mother has a powerful connection to her Bengali culture, and she also has the culture of being a mother. She talks to Kaushik in Bengali language, yet also she also has the sympathy and care of a mother for her child, which is common in all cultures. Kaushik has a mix of American and Bengali culture, that’s why she understands Hema’s mother when she talks to him in Bengali, even though he replies in English. As Kaushik went to the market, he brought back broth and magazines which is quite popular in American culture. The passage shows how Jhumpa’s life is a mix of cultures that integrates with one another. She has Indian culture but was raised in American culture, and that entwines with the culture of her ancestors.
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<em><u>1)"the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something."</u></em>
<em><u>2)"a person's principles or standards of behavior; one's judgment of what is important in life."</u></em>
<em>BASED ON THIS DEFINITION I CAN DETERMINE THAT</em> YOUR ANSWER IS A THE MEASURES USED TO DETERMINE HOW GOOD A PERSON IS.
The answer is C, because he is implying that we can't just hope the problems go away.
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chiba had always remmembered the yellow house and all the trees but when he left the world changed and people wanted a city in place. all the tree's chopped down and the house destryed was the result