How does the Author convey the theme of identity for “Music for my mother”?

The author conveyed the theme of identity when he showed how the family who were originally Spaniards adjusted to life in the United States of America.

Explanation:

The theme of identity conveys the thought of who a person is and how he efficiently thrives in the environment he finds himself in. For the Spanish family in the story, the mother struggled to relinquish her native Spanish identity for the American one. This is why she still preferred her songs in Spanish and would rather communicate with her husband in their native language.

The boys and their father on the other hand made conscious efforts to adjust to the new life in America. They learned the language, adjusted their sense of dressing, and learned to live in a fast-paced environment. Even Pedrito changed his name to Peter. The family could adequately identify as U.S citizens as they built their career, and had their families there.

the rhetorical devices that he used in "common sense" are syntax for his sentence structure and pathos for his emotion against the british unfairly treating the "americans" and logos of what documents that what happened to the pilgrims when they had the mayflower compact and how that the british were wanting to have one religion but the compact said for any religion to be accepted.