An immigrant child’s cultural consciousness can vanish with its oldest generation.

Evidence

My mother was a textile worker, as was her mother before her. As a small child, I grew up in what was essentially an Irish family, surrounded by Irish people who were old. By the time I was ten almost all of them were dead. My consciousness of being Irish seemed to die with them. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 979

Categorization

• SEED: SEED: Explore how early exposure to an aging diaspora shapes a writer’s sense of history and vanishing worlds.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 979
• XREF: connects to: Behavior is shaped by abandoned family and cultural roots — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 573; Immigrants do not shed their former identity or cultural attachment with their home country despite expectations they develop local identity and belonging. — Who do you think I am? Immigrant’s first name and their perceived identity; Children have not independently formed their parents’ religious convictions. — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 9369

Broader Connections

• Behavior is shaped by abandoned family and cultural roots #expands (0.75) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 573
• Children have not independently formed their parents’ religious convictions. #corroborates (0.60) — , The Rod and the Child, 9369