What does the narrator realize as a result of this experience?
O The Gleasons are trying to teach the Lins some
American customs.
ll of us, our family and the Chinese guests, stopped
ating to watch the activities of the Gleasons. I wanted to
iggle. Then I caught my mother's eyes on me. She
Towned and shook her head slightly, and I understood
he message: the Gleasons were not used to Chinese
vays, and they were just coping the best they could. For
some reason I thought of celery strings.
-"The All-American Slurp,"
Lensey Namioka,
O The Gleasons act rudely when asked to follow the
Lins' traditions.
The Gleasons struggle with Chinese customs, as
the Lins had with American ones.