Question

select two themes that are developed by the characterization and growth of the narrator and his family in passage 2. passage 2: \family drama\ 1 \youre coming with us to watch your sister play softball, young man,\ my mom warned, \or else youre not going to the spring dance.\ so unfair. she knew how desperately i wanted to go to the dance. 2 \but its an all - day tournament,\ i whined. i didnt want to waste another beautiful saturday squinting from the stands of a softball field. 3 \its the least you can do,\ my mother retorted. \she attended all your tournaments back when you still cared about what matters.\ 4 ever since i confessed to my parents that i didnt want to play baseball anymore, theyve claimed that i dont care about things that matter. they say im throwing my future away and wasting my talents. all i know is that i feel like i threw away years of my life playing baseball, and i just dont care to partake anymore. 5 last spring in my english class, i read a part from romeo and juliet aloud in class, and i really enjoyed it. i liked pretending to be someone else and feeling like i was a part of a bigger story. families sometimes struggle to understand change. tradition is the heart of the family. a person may not be aware of their own selfish behavior. adventure can lead people to new perspectives. siblings can teach bigger life lessons than parents.

Explanation:

The narrator's parents struggle to understand his change in interests after he no longer wants to play baseball, showing families sometimes struggle to understand change. Also, the narrator seems unaware that his desire to skip his sister's softball game to go to the dance might be seen as selfish behavior. There is no strong evidence for the other themes in the given passage.

Answer:

Families sometimes struggle to understand change.
A person may not be aware of their own selfish behavior.