Read the excerpt from Julia Ortiz Cofer’s poem "El Olvido."It is dangerousto spurn the clothes you were born to wearfor the sake of fashion; dangerousto use weapons and sharp instrumentsyou are not familiar with; dangerousto disdain the plaster saintsbefore which your mother kneelspraying with embarrassing fervorthat you survive in the place you have chosen to live:The items listed in this excerpt symbolize
A
the ways of life that are unfamiliar to the speaker.B
the fervent religious beliefs of the speaker’s mother.C
the speaker’s desire to forget embarrassing traditions.D
the traditions and customs of the speaker’s native land.