sister/The american man at age ten/ravioli

gopnic wrote a confusing but insightfull essay where he discusses how materialistic and busy people in new york city are. I liked how he used a little girl to express his views. Without telling the reader directly he uses the character Mr. RAvioli to show how a typical New yorker acts. The daughter was lacking attention from Ravioli and would not complain about it but just casually say how busy he always was, wich showd that she was used to everyone in the city being way to busy. I like how the author used his sister to show how other parts of the country differed from NYC. CAlifornia in comparison seemed alot more  layed back. The essay was confusing but i think i got jist of it. At the same time Sister confused me.  I understand that the little sister looked up to the big sister but the ending kind of confused me. It wasnt really a story and had no plot but it just explained her relationship with her sister. She explains how different they are. She gave no examples she just told. Although at the end she lied to the boy and said she wanted to be nothing like her sister. The older sister actually was the honest one according to the younger one, so it showed instead of telling how they were different. The younger one actually portrays the sister as being cold when she explains how she hit the deer and aimed for the seagull. I dont understand why besides looks why the younger sister looks up to the older sister.