Common Lit Fish Cheeks How does the narrator's embarrassed attitude towards her culture affect the way she describes events in the passage?
A
She describes the food as foreign and unappealing.
B
She focuses on her desire to be more “American.”
C
She focuses on her crush’s reactions to her family.
D
She criticizes every little detail of her mother’s

1# the answer is c

2#the answer is a

the correct answer would be d.

the significance of the title, "the passing", is related to the fact that the main characters, who are three african-american descendant women, are passing as white. this means that, because of their light-coloured skins they look like white women. one of the three friends, clare, is married to a white man and she lives in a white community and she has never told her husband that she is black. the title can easily be connected to the idea of pretending to be someone you are not and of losing your real identity in order to be accepted by society.