Short Response: How does the author's culture influence the way she was able to develop Rinko's point of view? Use two details from the story to support your response.

The central idea of the essay is insightful, focusing on the discomfort and loneliness Rinko and the speaker feel as a result of the expectations of family and peers. The evidence is skillfully selected and explained, clearly supporting the central idea. For example, Rinko is "'locked in a silk cocoon and can barely bend.'" The discomfort manifests itself metaphorically when "Rinko is literally restricted by the Kimono and Japanese lifestyle," and the speaker at Somewhere Among says, "'I am between two cultures, two languages, two time zones every day.'" The essay explains that "she [the speaker] is not comfortable being an alleged 'half or double'." Ideas are cleverly organized and explain the stages of the characters' feelings. The second paragraph of the body presents his experiences with loneliness. The conclusion expands the ideas that the narrator and the speaker are "much more than two races" and elaborates the message that "to feel happy and complete ... you should feel proud of who you are". The writer demonstrates full awareness of the writing task.

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