It was easy for me to feel that becoming a proud american, as she said we should, did not mean feeling ashamed of being a mexican.", based off of this line the reader can infer the author's purpose is __ to inform. to entertain. to persuade. to to inform.

Based on the lines given above, the reader can infer that the author's purpose is to inform. The correct answer would be the first option. As you can see in the lines above, it was just merely informing or giving an idea about he or she (author) about what he truly feels being an American and a Mexican at the same time.