The part that I found significant was in the beginning of chapter 9 where Sophie says, “In the new place, my mother had a patch of land in the back where she started growing hibiscus. She had grown tired of daffodils.” (Page 65) I feel like that’s foreshadowing that they are becoming more Americanized and that it will become an important theme. I also feel like they are losing their culture because daffodils symbolize home, which is Haiti. Later in the reading, Sophie shows that she is becoming Americanized and wants to hide her Haitian identity, “After seven years in this country, I was tired of having people detect my accent. I wanted to sound completely American, especially for him.” (Page 69). Also in page 72, Sophie and Joseph are having a conversation and Joseph calls her out for being very American, so that further proves that Americanization is going to be a common theme in Breath, Eyes, Memory.