Describe a meaningful family tradition unique to your culture and explain how it mirrors or contrasts with the cultural identity themes of expectations and roles in "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid.

 A family tradition related to my culture is to celebrate the 15th birthday of our female family members. It marks a celebration of the female from childhood to womanhood which shows to everyone that she is ready act like a young lady. A way this celebration can relate to the story is that both young women becoming an adult.

Summary: Finished the 4 questions from Monday and went to the gym in order to take pictures. 

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