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My Favorite Chaperone By Jean Davies Okimoto

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In the short story " My favorite Chaperone" by Jean Davies Okimoto ,the main characters are the members of a Russian immigrant family adjusting to their life in America. We learn about them through the eyes and thougths of Maya, the teenager daughter trying to cope with the new life and culture , while having to maintain the old life and culture at home with her parents and her little brother Nurzhan, who is the only one who understands her. Maya 's life is far from the one of a normal American teenager, when her brother gets in trouble for fighting in school, she has to take care of the situation, not only because of the language but because her parents see her as responsible for him. On the other hand she gets in big trouble when her
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