Similarly, Amy Tan also said in her article "Fish Cheeks" that we should not try to change who we are or what culture we come from, but we should accept them and carry forward those cultural traditions with ourselves. That's why we are unique in our own way. Having said that, we could also see the same message represented by Dumas in his article, "Sweet, Sour and Resentful", that his mother, even though she was getting tired of the every weekend feasts she had to prepare for her guests, but she did anyway and in the end she was proud of what she had accomplished and that she was able to carry on her Iranian traditions alongside her. I agree because ultimately our cultures and traditions are what bring each of us closer together and bring happiness within us