Which two interconnected concepts does carson mccullers develop in this excerpt from "loneliness . . an american malady"?

The answer would be  the creation of individual identity and the need to belong.  hope this .

The details that best show evidence of tribal traditions are, "never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue” and "it has never been heard," was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.