"During out Thanksgiving meal, my father gives thanks for living in a country where he can vote. I always share gratitude for being able to pursue my hopes and dreams, despite being female. My relatives and I are proud to be Iranian, but we also give tremendous thanks for our lives in America, a nation where freedom reigns."
Like Firoozeh, Sundara is also thankful for all of the opportunities that are available to her now since she lives in America. In the end of Children of the River Sundara is glad that she lives in America, but she is still proud to come from Cambodia and she wants to balance the two cultures.
"The more modest and impractical the kitchen, the more likely one will be invited to stay for a meal. Show me a fancy house with a top-of-the-line gourmet kitchen, and I'll show you a family that eats out a lot."
Even though Sundara's kitchen (and house) was small. There was always home made Cambodian meals prepared for the family to eat.
"Prize Club is a chain of huge warehouses that sells items in large quantities. Toilet comes in packages of thirty-six rolls and one box of muffin mix yields 144 muffins. As far as I know, Prize Club has no restaurant. Puzzled I probed forward. 'What did you eat there?' 'Samples,' he said.
Prize Club sounds exactly like Sam's Club. One time my mom and I were shopping in Sam's Club and we were going to go out for lunch after, but by the time we got through the store and tried the samples we weren't hungry anymore.
You are so good at this!
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