read the following excerpt from "gravity" by judith ortiz cofer:

for the greater part of my childhood i had practically lived with my parents at puerto habana. my father opened and closed the restaurant: twelve-hour days. and my mother was always on stand-by, as cook, waitress, hostess, whatever reyes needed; and almost every day, she was needed. my father thought of the restaurant as the heart of his barrio life. on the other hand, mami talked constantly about the family on the island. it was point-counterpoint every day, not quite an argument, just an ongoing discussion about where "home" was for each of them.

which is the best example of cultural conflict in this excerpt?
a. elenita's mother versus life in the barrio
b. elenita versus her father's attachment to his job
c. elenita's mother versus pop music
d. elenita versus her parents' working at puerto habana

The best example of cultural conflict in this excerpt is Elenita's mother versus life in the barrio

Explanation:

This excerpt of "Gravity" by Judith Ortiz Cofer shows how the Elenita's parents have totally different opinions about where home is, and that's because of their origins which are deeply connected to their cultural background, while Elenita's mother missed the Island, Elenita's father couldn't imagine a life away from the restaurant.

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.