The short story The Third and Final Continent has the motif that, even if you are way, way over the hill, or half way up the climb, growing into a new time period or country is possible. An elderly lady, Mrs. Croft has lived through a century and three years. She does not cling to her past life, but lives in the present. She thought it was splendid when astronauts from the US put the American flag on the moon. A woman from India named Mala moved to the United States. Her husband told her “’There is no need to cover your head. It doesn’t matter here.’” She did not at first, but years later Mala grew comfortable with America and stopped wearing her