Read the excerpt from "In Response to Executive Order 9066." I tell her she’s going bald. She tells me I copy on tests. We’re best friends. Read the excerpt from "Mericans." "Girl. We can’t play with a girl." Girl. It’s my brother’s favorite insult now instead of "sissy." "You girl," they yell at each other. "You throw that ball like a girl."

Option C (In all cultures, children taunt each other)

Explanation:

Read the excerpt from "In Response to Executive Order 9066."

I tell her she's going bald. She tells me I copy on tests.

We're best friends.

Read the excerpt from "Mericans."

"Girl. We can't play with a girl." Girl. It's my brother's favorite insult now instead of "sissy." "You girl," they yell at each other. "You throw that ball like a girl."

Which theme best describes the two passages?

A. In all cultures, children playfully engage in complicated games to prove their strength and intelligence.

B. In all cultures, children engage in sibling rivalry.

C. In all cultures, children playfully taunt one another.

D. In all cultures, children playfully engage in proving that one gender is better than the other.

From the excerpt from "In Response to Executive Order 9066 and "Mericans"  the behavior of the children depicts that children playfully taunt one another. Both stories illuminate that regardless of cultures and gender, children taunt one another.

Taunt is a sarcastic remark used intentionally to annoy or to poke fun at an individual.

From the first excerpt, the characters were both friends, yet they taunt each other playfully instead of picking offend at each other words

I tell her she's going bald. She tells me I copy on tests.

In Merican, the characters were siblings, yet the brother used the word "girl" to playful taunt her sister instead of calling her sissy.

"In Response to Executive Order 9066 " was a story about Americans of Japanese Descent and "Merican" was a story that illuminates the Americanization of Mexican culture

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