What are the motifs in Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris?

Cultural identity is a reoccurring idea in the text. Cultural identity plays out predominantly in the second part of the book. After visiting and living in France for years, Sedaris begins to view his American culture with a different perspective. He automatically defends his native culture when it is attacked. However, when he visits America, or witnesses Americans visiting France, he obviously has a hard time associating himself with American culture.