Explanation:
The author of A Jar of Dreams is also among the people like Rinko who feel that they are living in between their two cultures and are not proud of different heritage
The first evidence to this is that when the author feel stuck between two cultures and cannot decide if they are only Japanese or American
Second evidence is the description of feeling that they are left out of the community due to this cultural difference
Third is that the author shares the fear of Rinko that she feels that other value would take her customs in a negative way
A poem from Celia Cruz:
advice
there’s no clear way to grow
not tall
nor old
nor along with the winter day
this street this afternoon
the sun is blinding
you turn the other way
to watch the walking shadows
walk with you
some teenage girls
in one beautiful voice
stand on a corner and sing
there’s no way here for me to take you home
separated out
their voices wouldn’t seem so
but together
energy and
the way words and meaning
don’t matter
just song
their laughter
what else do you want to hear?
it snowed this morning
the sky is blue
all day there were little things
dishes, clean-up, straighten up
slow down, baby, one girl sings
a sudden deeper solo
voice among their voices
you wonder
is there someone for her now
she’d sing slow down to?
she’s young and tall
steam surrounds her face
and her friends just watch her
swaying, swaying
slow down, baby
slow down
Hope this help's
D:comforting
I used the process of elimination.
it cant be burdensome because that means bothersome
it cant be explanatory because reassurance is a feeling of saftey
it cant be emapathy because thats relating to someone
its comforting because when you are comftorable you are safe and when you reassured you feel safe
It's actually "comment allez-vous". And it is french (roughly translated) for "how are you" and is generally used formally when addressing your elders.
