General analysis
Structural analysis
Rhetorical features
The author of this text follows a “specific-to-general” pattern in his discussion, i.e. he first talks about what it means to his children to hang out the national flag of their native land in a foreign country on July 4th every year and then expresses his view on the importance for expatriated people in general to keep their cultural identity, especially when the whole world is undergoing a process of globalization. The specific points can be found in his discussion of the costs and benefits of raising children in a foreign culture in Paragraphs 4 - 9 while the general conclusion can be found in Paragraphs 10 - 12, especially Paragraph 12.