"four-year-old doug is driving his parents crazy with all his questions. he asks why everything is the way it is, then why things aren't some other way. his parents might be comforted to know that such questioning is characteristic of: "

In the introduction of becoming mexican american, sanchez draws from stuart hall's notion of cultural identity (pg. 12-13). hall asserts that identities are enmeshed in "becoming and of being." they are subjected to the elements and context of history. explain what you think he means by the idea of becoming and being and explain how context fits into comprehending the american concept of manifest destiny.