THE GIRL WHO WOULDN'T TALK

I think that the story “the girl who wouldn’t talk” was an interesting story. It is about this Chinese-American girl who wouldn’t talk and the narrator, also a Chinese-American girl, who tries to make her talk. I think that this story was quite interesting because its shows how the narrator experience internal conflicts because she wants to become more American but at home she still follows Chinese traditions. The girl who wouldn’t talk is very shy and she follows her sister around. Therefore, the author sees submissiveness in the girl who wouldn’t talk and she sees herself in the girl. She doesn’t want to admit that they are alike and she doesn’t want to be submissive, so she decides to make the girl speak. She used many violent acts to make her speak such as pulling her hair. However, in the end the girl still didn’t speak and the author soon realizes that it’s not that bad to be protected.