How do the new environments affect the narrator in “Excerpt from Behind the Mountains” and Kia in “Excerpt from Little Cricket”? What events suggest that the narrator and Kia are each adapting to their new environments? Use details from both stories to support your response.

#1  sara was always tasked with selecting birthday presents for her friends and family because everyone admired her  impeccable taste. 

impeccable (adj): perfect, flawless

#2  they moved to the united states many years ago, but their  insular  attitudes made it difficult for them to socialize. 

insular (adj): isolated; separate

#3  the professor explained the  semantic  relationship between the two nouns used in the sentence. 

semantic (adj): related to words or the meanings of words 

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