Short Story Taco Head Coach Clarke

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The theme in ‘Taco head’ is that you should not be ashamed of who you are and having confidence in yourself. Being who you are means that you do what you want, and you act how you want to. Just like Sophie is afraid that people will judge her, so Coach Clarke invites Sofia to eat lunch with her in the middle of the cafeteria(1). This very considerate action shows that Coach Clarke is the kind of person who enjoys helping other people/kids come to peace with them just being himself, instead of them always worrying about what everyone else is going to think. Also, Everyone else does eat in the cafeteria like normal, eating whatever food they bring that day. But most of the Mexican American people are ashamed to eat their food in front of other

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