What is most closely the central idea of the passage below (paragraphs 6–7)?
The grandmother also uses the granddaughter as a mediator, nudging her to “Go on, tell them.” The back-and-forth between grandmother and matrons transforms the Sears bathroom into a mini-United Nations. At the center of the debate between East and West is the granddaughter, a member of two cultures: one supposedly foreign, the other domestic. Historically, the granddaughter’s predicament has been viewed as disadvantageous: she is stuck between a rock and a hard place, caught or trapped between cultures. Like generations of immigrants before her, she may feel pressure to overcome the difference, to choose sides—to assimilate.
A. The exchange between the grandmother and the matrons is productive and generates new ideas for all participants to consider.
B. The granddaughter’s position is one of power and authority.
C. Both the grandmother and the matrons use the granddaughter to try to gain power.
D. The granddaughter’s position is complicated because of her dual identity, but this internal conflict may be positive.