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In 2012, Jeremy Lin led an unexpected winning streak by the New York Knicks, becoming the first Asian-American player to rise to prominence in the National Basketball Association. The writer Gish Jen published the following op-ed reflecting on the significance of Lin’s success. Read the passage carefully, then complete the following tasks:
1. Identify and describe Jen’s claim about the extent to which culture influences an individual.
2. One rhetorical choice Jen makes to assert her claim is to provide an anecdote. Identify a piece of evidence that reflects this choice and provide brief commentary explaining how the evidence conveys Jen’s claim about the extent to which culture influences an individual.
3. Review the work you’ve completed for the tasks above. Then, compose a claim that analyzes how Jen’s use of anecdote conveys her claim about the extent to which culture influences an individual.