Everyone Talked Loudly In Chinatown By Anne Jew

A life of a young teenager suddenly takes a turn for the worst as her family causes her to pull away from the traditional Chinese culture that she was inherited with. In the short story, “Everyone Talked Loudly in Chinatown” by Anne Jew, the main character of the story, Lin, is an ordinary teenage girl with a Chinese background that migrated from China to Canada when she was young. While Lin grows up in a whole new country, she begins to segregate from her own culture and begin to develop an interest for different backgrounds, most specifically the Western culture. Throughout the story, Lin recalls feeling remorseful and hesitant about not being very close and affectionate to her aged grandmother who is on the verge of passing away. Lin has