Read the passage from "Names/Nombres" by Julia Alvarez.
When we arrived in New York City, our names changed almost immediately.
At Immigration, the officer asked my father, Mister Elbures, if he had anything to declare. My father shook his head no, and we were waved through.
I was too afraid we wouldn't be let in if l corrected the man's pronunciation, but I said our name to myself, opening my mouth wide for the organ blast of the a, trilling my tongue for the drumroll of the r, All-vah-rrr-es! How could anyone get Elbures out of that orchestra of sound?
At the hotel my mother was Missus Alburest, and I was little girl, as in, "Hey, little girl, stop riding the elevator up and down. It's not a toy."

Which theme is conveyed in this passage?
The Alvarez family struggles to find their new identity in the United States.
The members of the Alvarez family need to change their names to fit in.
All of the members of the family find new identities by taking on new names.
The Alvarez name represents the family’s foreignness in their new country.

Explanation: On the passage there is description of a newly immigrated family to the United States. The Alvarez family found a total new environment in their new country. Nothing is familiar and similar like their original country. Even their name was also changed,like the pronunciation of their name was changed. They are completely unknown to their new identity, Soon the little girl realized that they were not accepted here with their old identity and culture. They had to adopt the new culture to settle in the new country. However this was not a easy process to the girl.It was a shocking change to her.

So basically the passage conveys the condition of the newly immigrated family who are unknown to their new country.

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09-06-2022

Answer:

D

Explanation:

The Alvarez name represents the family’s foreignness in their new country.

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