Being proud of where you come from is a big part of the culture you grow up with, Many kids and adults sometime want to fit in so bad that they can act they know nothing about their costumes they grew up with. In her memoir “Fish Cheeks” Amy Tan uses the relating feeling of embarrassment to express how a 14 year old is trying so hard to fit in with society , and loose the embarrassment her family makes her feel.
Tan beings with introducing herself to the readers she also introduces the guy she had the biggest crush on when she was younger , Robert he is the reason she wants to fit in with society, she used the mutual feeling of embarrassment that everyone has felt in some part of their lives so they can relate to what she feels in order to have a connection between the memoir and the readers.“I fell in love with a minister's …show more content…
What would Robert think of our shabby Chinese Christmas? What would he think of our noisy Chinese relatives who lacked proper American manners? What terrible disappointment would he feel upon seeing not a roasted turkey and sweet potatoes but Chinese food?” This shows how much this 14 year old girl is really embarrassed to show what she really is what her culture is how they celebrate , what they eat because that is not natural to her or the american culture, because she feels that when she does act how she was raised people will act weird and be all weird about it. Tan uses this to show that a 14 year old raised from a different culture is things ass she becomes older that make her want not to be apart of the culture she was brought up
Tan beings with introducing herself to the readers she also introduces the guy she had the biggest crush on when she was younger , Robert he is the reason she wants to fit in with society, she used the mutual feeling of embarrassment that everyone has felt in some part of their lives so they can relate to what she feels in order to have a connection between the memoir and the readers.“I fell in love with a minister's …show more content…
What would Robert think of our shabby Chinese Christmas? What would he think of our noisy Chinese relatives who lacked proper American manners? What terrible disappointment would he feel upon seeing not a roasted turkey and sweet potatoes but Chinese food?” This shows how much this 14 year old girl is really embarrassed to show what she really is what her culture is how they celebrate , what they eat because that is not natural to her or the american culture, because she feels that when she does act how she was raised people will act weird and be all weird about it. Tan uses this to show that a 14 year old raised from a different culture is things ass she becomes older that make her want not to be apart of the culture she was brought up