Question

What is a central idea in "The White Umbrella"?

Answer 1

Answer:

The narrator finds it challenging to fit in because her family has different cultural values.

Explanation:

The White Umbrella's narrator is a Chinese American girl who fights with feelings of embarrassment and a desire to fit in. Embarrassment over her own immigrant mother is one among them. She wishes her piano teacher was her mother when she receives a lovely white umbrella from her teacher.