How do the descriptions in this passage support Tan's
purpose?
Dinner threw me deeper into despair. My relatives licked
the ends of their chopsticks and reached across the table,
dipping them into the dozen or so plates of food. Robert
and their family waited patiently for platters to be passed
to them. My relatives murmured with pleasure when my
mother brought out the whole steamed fish. Robert
grimaced. 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.
O Descriptions show that Amy's father pretends she
likes things that she does not
O Descriptions show that Amy cannot make up her
mind whether to be American or Chinese.
O Descriptions show an example of how Amy sees
two cultures reacting to food differently.
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