1. As a child, Lahiri felt "intense pressure to be two things, loyal to the old world and fluent in the new." Do you think this pressure to choose
between two identities is common, especially in children from immigrant
families? What other contrasts does the author mention?

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the correct answer is: reveal gregor as an untidy individual.

in metamorphosis by franz kafka, gregor samsa is the main character, who one day wakes up as a bug, and the attitude he takes upon his transformation forces him to go deeper on his existence and the new features of his body.

in this excerpt the writer mentions a table full of collection textile samples, which gives us a hint about gregor being messy. later on the book we discover how he is a really untidy individual.

true, if that is the context. if not, then setting. setting does not always mean surrounding, but also senses. what you hear, see, small, taste, and feel is all a part of the setting.

the answer is direct