Answers to the questions
- The narrator feels comforted and released near the end of the story because she does not have to hide her relationship anymore. Also, she has stood up for herself and her parents didn’t come after her.
- They both the same age teenagers. They like walking together.
- The Chinese family is a bit stereotypical in the way they are showing the family being very conservative. The parents are uncomfortable about dating outside the culture and Lin keeps it from them. They eat typical Chinese food like rice steamed, vegetables and fish. The grandmother likes to go to Chinatown. They are very loud in Chinatown. Not every Chinese family is like this but some are, so it comes across as a stereotype. It is used to contrast the white Canadian way of life. It is showing how the character is trying to rebel against her culture and traditional ways.
- References like “The Beverly Hillbillies” and “The Great Santim” really place us in the time period of late 70’s to early 80’s in Canada. Some who have experienced watching these shows will relate to the story.
- The narrators say, “I try hard to stay interested in what he says.” which means she may not actually find him that interesting. She says the logo that he drawn on his jacket “kind of bothers me” after she kisses him, she says
Additional notes:
Theme: main idea, message of the story
It is usually a life lesson.
When describing a theme, do not include names of characters or what happens in the theme. It is generalization about life.
The theme of “Everybody Talked Loudly in Chinatown” is cultural differences and generational differences.
The theme is NOT a teenage girls looks after her grandmother or a teenager living in Canada fights with her Chinese mother. This is describing what happens-a summary of the plot.
Making inferences means you are figuring out what is happening based on what is written without it stated outright. Use to clues to understand what is happening.
Plot - series of connected events that make a story. What happens in a story.
Exposition - introduced the main characters and the setting
Time - time of day, date, month, year, season, decade, century
Place - room, building, city, country, planet
Initial incident - introduced to the conflict/problem
Initial means “first” -first incident
Rising action - the problem/conflict gets worse-suspenseful
Climax - highest point of action - most exciting part-conflict ends
Falling action - what happens after the climax
Conclusion - story ends
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