Which excerpt from amy tan's "fish cheeks" is most clearly an example of conflict?

a. robert and his family waited patiently for platters to be passed to them. my relatives murmured with pleasure when my mother brought out the whole steamed fish.

b. it wasn't until many years later â€" long after i had gotten over my crush on robert â€" that i was able to fully appreciate her lesson and the true purpose behind our particular menu.

c. the kitchen was littered with appalling mounds of raw food: a slimy rock cod with bulging eyes that pleaded not to be thrown into a pan of hot oil. tofu, which looked like stacked wedges of rubbery white sponges.

d. and then they arrived â€" the minister's family and all my relatives in a clamor of doorbells and rumpled christmas packages. robert grunted hello, and i pretended he was not worthy of existence?

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Alia Golden

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21 December, 06:00

Which excerpt from amy tan's "fish cheeks" is most clearly an example of conflict?

a. robert and his family waited patiently for platters to be passed to them. my relatives murmured with pleasure when my mother brought out the whole steamed fish.

b. it wasn't until many years later â€" long after i had gotten over my crush on robert â€" that i was able to fully appreciate her lesson and the true purpose behind our particular menu.

c. the kitchen was littered with appalling mounds of raw food: a slimy rock cod with bulging eyes that pleaded not to be thrown into a pan of hot oil. tofu, which looked like stacked wedges of rubbery white sponges.

d. and then they arrived â€" the minister's family and all my relatives in a clamor of doorbells and rumpled christmas packages. robert grunted hello, and i pretended he was not worthy of existence?

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Delaney Beltran · Answer 1

Answer is: d. and then they arrived - the minister's family and all my relatives in a clamor of doorbells and rumpled christmas packages. robert grunted hello, and i pretended he was not worthy of existence?

Fish Cheeks is a narrative essay about Amy and her Chinese family. They had invited a minister's family for a traditional Chinese dinner. All evening she is embarrassed by her family and by the food.