In the stories, “In the American Society” and “St. Lucy’s,” the main characters of each story, Claudette and Callie, have different attitudes towards assimilating into their respective societies. Callie from “In the American Society,” really wants herself along with her family to fit into the American lifestyle which contrasts to Claudette from “St. Lucy’s,” view because Claudette wants to become civilized even if it’s at the expense of family members. For example, when Claudette gets paired with Mirabella to bring bread down to the ducks, Claudette thinks “Who would get penalized with negative Skill Points? Exactly.”(331) This shows that Claudette would much rather get all the Skill Points and pass St. Lucy’s and have her sister get penalized,
