What do the following lines from "The Namesake" illustrate? "Ashima thinks it's strange that her child will be born in a place most people enter either to suffer or to die...In India, she thinks to herself, women go home to their parents to give birth, away from husbands and in-laws and household cares." 1. historical context; 2. cultural context; 3. both historical and cultural context; and 4. neither historical nor cultural context

The following lines from "The Namesake" illustrate both historical and cultural context.