Read the text evidence.

"Fish Cheeks"

Then my father poked his chopsticks just below the fish eye and plucked out the soft meat. "Amy, your favorite," he said, offering me the tender fish cheek. I wanted to disappear.

"Broken Chain"

Alfonso thought he would look cool with his hair razored into a V in the back and streaked purple. But he knew his mother wouldn't go for it. And his father, who was puro Mexicano, would sit in his chair after work, sullen as a toad, and call him "sissy."

Which theme does the text evidence from the essay and short story support?

One's cultural background affects who he or she is.

Manners are important to use in life.

A person's outward appearance can be deceiving.

Family always comes first.

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Claudia Haynes

10 October, 12:02

Read the text evidence.

"Fish Cheeks"

Then my father poked his chopsticks just below the fish eye and plucked out the soft meat. "Amy, your favorite," he said, offering me the tender fish cheek. I wanted to disappear.

"Broken Chain"

Alfonso thought he would look cool with his hair razored into a V in the back and streaked purple. But he knew his mother wouldn't go for it. And his father, who was puro Mexicano, would sit in his chair after work, sullen as a toad, and call him "sissy."

Which theme does the text evidence from the essay and short story support?

One's cultural background affects who he or she is.

Manners are important to use in life.

A person's outward appearance can be deceiving.

Family always comes first.

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Jacob Glass · Answer 1

Answer: A) One's cultural background affects who he or she is.

Explanation: In literature, the theme is the underlying message of a story, it is what critical belief about life is the author trying to convey in the writing of a novel, play, short story or poem. Usually this belief, or idea, is universal and transcends cultural barriers. In the given excerpts we can see conveyed the theme that one's cultural background affects who he or she is, because as we can see the speaker of the first excerpt is referring to his Asian culture, and the second one to his Mexican background.