American Like Me

Introduction-Essay 10

Reading Check

1. American History (Introduction)

2. Día de Las Américas (Introduction)

3. Lying (Essay 1)

4. Being frugal/cheap (Essay 2)

5. Sizzler (Essay 3)

6. The Bronx (Essay 4)

7. Hinduism (Essay 5)

8. An instruction manual (Essay 6)

9. Boundaries (Essay 7)

Short Answer

1. For Perez, community equals extended family, and she equates the two because her community helps her survive things that one's extended family would normally help with—for example, coping with the loss of her sister at 17, and encountering racism and injustice outside of their community. (Essay 8)

2. Rae never fasted before, and she does not follow the Ramadan guidelines for fasting or for eating properly in-between fasting, so she is constantly hungry during the fast and gorges when she is allowed to eat. Rae fails because she misses the intent of the practice, which should have been to focus on sacrifice rather than on want. (Essay 9)

Essays 11-22

Reading Check

1. Her father is Indian-born, and her mother is white. (Essay 12)

2. Having so many choices/options for sliced bread and peanut butter (

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