Read the excerpts from "take the tortillas out of your poetry" and "speakina arabic
my friend had concluded that if he took his language and culture out of his poetry, he stood a better chance of
receiving a fellowship. he took out his native language, the poetic patois of our reality, the rich mixture of spanish,
english, pachuco and street talk which we know so well. in other words, he took the tortillas out of his poetry, which
is to say he took the soul out of his poetry.
at a neighborhood fair in texas, somewhere between the german oom-pah sausage stand and the mexican gorditas
booth, i overheard a young man say to his friend, "i wish i had a heritage. sometimes i feel so lonely for one." and
the tall american trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head.
which best states how the structures of the excerpts are similar?

Each relates an anecdote to appeal to the reader's emotions.

Explanation:

Both excerpts show how identity can change according to the context.

Explanation:

Take the Tortillas Out of Your Poetry was written by Rudolfo Anaya, one of the main faces of Chicano Movement during the 1960s. Speaking Arabic was written by Naomi Shahib Nye, an American poet with Palestinian and American roots.

Both authors appeal to identity and how it changes according to the context. In Anaya's excerpt, this can be seen through the elements in the poetry (such as the mixture of Spanish, English, pachuco, and street talk) as well as it is the soul of the poetry. In Nye's excerpt, the young man clearly states that he does not have a heritage (using an affirmative clause in second conditional, that expresses the opposite of reality), and it could've been gone because of the different cultures mixed in once context, such as the American trees or the German Oom-pah Sausage Stand or the Mexican Gorditas.

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