Read the excerpt from "in response to executive order 9066".
i am a fourteen-year-old girl with bad spelling
and a messy room. if it any, i will tell you
i have always felt funny using chopsticks
and my favorite food is hot dogs.
why does okita include this description of the speaker?
o to emphasize the cultural differences between japanese americans and other americans
to accentuate the social injustice of japanese americans being interned
o to highlight the fact that the speaker is no different from any other average american girl
o to call attention to the tear in the narrator's relationship with her best friend