Paragraph 10 develops the narrator's identity by showing that she feels like a foreigner in her own country.
The narrator is visiting her family in Puerto Rico, after spending 15 years in the US. She is happy to visit the country and likes to spend time with her family, but she doesn't know many cultural points there, due to her coexistence with the American culture.
The narrator's mother claims that these cultural clashes happen because the narrator is no longer Puerto Rican, she has now become an American girl.
Hearing this made the narrator very sad and in paragraph 10 we can see how uncomfortable she felt as if everyone saw her as a foreigner in her native country. This paragraph shows how she reflects on her mother's words and realizes that the reason she is sad about it is that it's true.
In paragraph 10, the narrator shows that she did not want to feel that she is an American because she is not, but she can no longer say that she is a Puerto Rican, because she feels like a foreigner in her own country.
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