Read this excerpt from "Gravity" by Judith Ortiz Cofer:
Evenings she'd sit in her rocking chair in the living room and listen to record albums she bought on the Island during our yearly visits to her mother's home: Celia Cruz, Felipe Rodriguez, and the big band music of Tito Puente, which she played loud to compete with my Little Richard, the Supremes, Dylan and, later, the Beatles, the Beatles, the Beatles. When my father came home we both turned down the volume.
What is the best example of cultural conflict in the excerpt?
A. Elenita versus the music of her parents homeland
B. Elenita versus "Early Puerto Rican" décor
C. Elenita versus the music's apparent absurdity
D. Elenita versus her mother's controlling nature
1 answer
A. Elenita versus the music of her parents homeland