Question

she is the Patroness of Exiles... who spends her days selling canned memories while listening to the Puerto Ricans complain that it would be cheaper to fly to San Juan than to buy a pound of Bustelo coffee here, and to Cubans perfecting their speech of a “glorious return” to Havana... to Mexicans who pass through, talking lyrically of dólares to be made in El Norte— The Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Mexicans in the passage help to create the image that the woman who runs the deli speaks many languages. people often come to the deli to complain. people come to the deli to honor their mothers. Latin American culture is very diverse.

Answer 1

Latin American culture is very diverse.

The woman is able to hear the stories, complaints, and wishes of all the different types of people that come through the shop. Differentiating between the Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, and Cubans shows how diverse Latin American culture really is.

Answer 2

Latin American culture is very diverse. This is the correct answer.

Judith Ortiz Cofer , the poet, wants to show the unity of Latinos. They have different customs but there is something universal in that diversity. This universality is in their collective roots. They will become one community in the "The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica" was written in 1993.

These options are not right:

-the woman who runs the deli speaks many languages ( The woman is ,in fact , listening to different Latinos speak).

-people often come to the deli to complain ( The complaint made by the Puerto Ricans is just an example of the diversity the poet shows).

-people come to the deli to honor their mothers ( There is not any information about this)