1.
Velcro words/ Phrases
Silent,
dumbness, crack my voice in two, frozen, drink out of saucers, misery, barest
whisper
2.
Feelings
Miserable,
sad, lonely, bashful, embarrassed, ashamed, vulnerable
3.
Questions
Did
the writer start talking?
What
did she want to do when people laughed at her?
FW
First of all, I want to say that I am a
Chinese girl, so I totally understand the writer’s feeling. I was thinking
about myself while I was reading this passage that reminds me about the time
when I just came to United States. Two
years ago when I was 17, I took the airplane from China crossed the Pacific all
over to United States. Nobody was with me, I said goodbye to my family and
friends that was the first time that I realized I have to be independent and
start a new life. I still remember that I didn’t say anything to anybody at the
first day of school. Nobody even tried to talk to me and I was just stuck at
the corner of the classroom that was the only thing I wanted to do to make
myself feel better. At that time, I enjoyed the silence. I was scared to talk
to people and I refused talking to people. I think being silent is how most
Chinese girls do when we get into a new place. I have an example, all of my cousins
are Chinese Americans, and they live in LA. They told me that they didn’t talk
a lot in class either when they were little. I am not sure why other girls do
this, but I know shyness is not the reason that I become silent. The true
reason is that I am not confident, I am scared that people point or laugh at
me. I think I am the same with the writer. We have commons in some ways that is
why I choose this passage.
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