Which theme are both of these passages concerned with? Passage 1:
Yun still could not believe that he had broken the master potter's vase.
It had to be worth more than all the food his family ate in a year. He
would have to work as an apprentice for years to pay for his mistake.
As Yun walked from the marketplace on the outskirts of Sapporo back
to his village, he knew he must tell his father what he had done. Even
though no one saw the vase fall, Yun could not risk bringing dishonor.
to his family by hiding his mistake.
Passage 2:
In the kitchen of her modest home in Pennsylvania Dutch country,
Miriam pinned her apron on and tied the strings of her cap. She tried to
act natural as she hurried to the shed to visit the doll she had hidden
there. To Miriam's horror, she found a new, shiny lock holding the shed
door closed. Father! He must have discovered her toy. Immediately,
Miriam's cheeks burned with shame. She knew it was wrong to have
such a frivolous thing - a doll with a brightly colored dress and
painted-on makeup. Now she would have to go explain herself to