Which of the following excerpts from Sandra Cisneros's story "Mericans" best reveals a blending of cultures?
"The awful grandmother knits the names of the dead and the living into one long prayer fringed with the grandchildren born
in that barbaric country with its barbaric ways."
"They're not from here. Ladies don't come to church dressed in pants. And everybody knows men aren't supposed to wear
shorts."
“Por favor,' says the lady. ¿Un foto? pointing to her camera.
'Si.
She's so busy taking Junior's picture, she doesn't notice me and Keeks."
"Hey, Michele, Keeks. You guys want gum?'
'But you speak English!'
'Yeah,' my brother says, 'we're Mericans."
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