How does lorna dee cervantes celebrate her culture in "freeway 280"?

a.) by describing life in latin america
b.) by depicting traditional latino foods
c.) by combining english and spanish, her two native languages
d.) by recounting famous spanish-language movies

C.) by combining English and Spanish, her two native languages.

In this poem, Lorna Dee Cervantes describes the reality of surviving in an unhospitable environment. The poet is a Mexican American woman who grew up in a neighborhood in San Jose. The neighbourhood has now been destroyed in order to build a highway, and the author compares the plants that grow under the highway to the resilience of people like her, who were able to flourish despite being planted in a difficult environment. The author celebrates her cultural background in the poem by combining English and Spanish.

answer: b. grete might have remained as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the story.

one of the most interesting characteristics of gregor's metamorphosis is that, although he is the only character who has physically changed, it is this same change which triggered a transformation in the rest of his family.

by taking care of gregor, grete has become stronger and more confident. she has found a life outside of the house, and has become more independent and self-sufficient. the novel implies that the trigger for the change is gregor's own transformation, and that without it, grete was likely to remain as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the book.

explanation:

d. because santiago thought any sharks would assume the marlin was part of the boat