In the memoir Fish Cheeks by “Amy Tan” the reflects on the Christmas dinner that her mom prepared for her with her favorite foods. With this memoir she wants to teach people that feel embarrassed by their culture not to be. She does this by giving the reader a relatable example from her past. In the beginning of the memoir the speaker is very mortified. “When I found out that my parents had invited the minister’s family over for a Christmas Eve dinner, I cried”(1,Tan). The reason the speaker cried when she found out that her family had invited the ministers family over was because she had a crush on the minister’s son Robert. As well as her mom was making a traditional chinese dinner, which would make her feel unwanted by Robert because she
