Read the excerpt from the namesake. she opens a door, and gogol is introduced to his teacher, miss watkins, a woman with hair in two braids, wearing overalls and clogs. inside the classroom it’s a small universe of nicknames—andrew is andy, alexandra sandy, william billy, elizabeth lizzy. it is nothing like the schooling gogol’s parents have known, fountain pens and polished black shoes and notebooks and good names and sir or madam at a tender age. here the only official ritual is pledging allegiance first thing in the morning to the american flag. for the rest of the day, they sit at a communal round table, drinking punch and eating cookies, taking naps on little orange cushions on the floor. which central idea of the passage is established in this excerpt? globalization causes people to redefine their cultural identities. globalization allows people to maintain traditional cultural identities. globalization has more of an impact on adults than it does on children. globalization is unaffected by the dominance of any one particular culture.