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Fish Cheeks By Amy Tan
In the story Fish Cheeks by Amy Tan is about a event in Amy’s. Amy is a young Chinese girl that has a crush on the minister's son. At one point in Amy’s life her mother invites the minister's family over for a Christmas eve dinner. After being told she was very apprehensive of the minister's son and his family coming over for dinner. The reason she was so apprehensive was because of the meal that her mother cooked wasn't a traditional American dinner. But it was all traditional Chinese food. Amy felt that her crush would never talk to her after seeing what she eats. However her anxiety increases throughout the course of the dinner because she feels embarrassed of her culture. Although at the end of the dinner her mother gives her a skirt
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