Students should include examples in their comparative essays because
Abc
each paragraph needs a topic sentence.
each paragraph needs a concluding sentence.
examples support the thesis statement.
examples always include historical detail.

whats the question? xxx

i would say c, admiration because the narrator related to the main character and she, too, once felt ashamed about her culture and wished to be an american girl to impress a boy. she felt admiration because her mom prepared her favorite foods when her and robert's (the guy she liked) family all came together and had a family reunion.

the characters are fiction but they are based off of people that were reaky in that situation

dependent clause!

example: "before the food gets cold"