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The Lin family would seem strange to an American by they way they pulled the strings out of their celery before eating it. The Gleason’s would continuously help the Lin family adapt to the American culture. They invited the Lin’s over for dinner, and offered them celery as the family was eating the celery the narrator realized; “long strings ran through the length of my stalk, and
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