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Summary Of The Story: . Great-Grandfather killed a begger.Basement and Mother tells horrible story.Lena starts seeing horrible things.ChinatownThe family moved to San Francisco to an Italian neighbor hood.Mother begins to move around everything.Lena begins to hear another girl being beat up th
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1. The Voice From The Wall Amy Tann By:
Rachel Kalins
Kati Morgan
Vinson Goldwire
2. Summary Of The Story: Great-Grandfather killed a begger.
Basement and Mother tells horrible story.
Lena starts seeing horrible things.
Chinatown
The family moved to San Francisco to an Italian neighbor hood.
Mother begins to move around everything.
Lena begins to hear another girl being beat up through the wall.
Mother (Betty) in the hospital.
Teresa came to Lenas room.
Lena understands.
3. Characters Lena-thenarratorseemstobethemiddlepersonbecauseshehastobetheinterpreterforherdadandhermom.shealsoseemstobenoseybecauseshelistenseverynightonceherbedismovedtothewall.curious-shewantstofindoutmoreaboutTeresa.
Themother-scaredoflife,sinceshearrivedinOaklandshethoughtthateverythingwasbadandthingswereouttogether.sheisVeryProtectiveofherdaughterwherevertheygo.ForexamplewhentheyareshoppingsheletsgoofLena'shandtogetherwalletbutthensnatchesitbackreallyquicklyafraidofwhatcouldhappen.SheseemstobesufferingfromOCD.Withalltherearranginginthehousewhichsheseemstodoeveryday.
Thefather-uninformedandalsooutoftheloop.HecantreallycommunicatewithhiswifeandlookstowardsLenatointerpret.Healsotriestobabyhiswifeclaimingthatsheistiredandthat'swhysheisactingthewayshedoesafterthebabydies.Heisalsoworrisome,hecomeshomeaskinghowLenaisbutlookspassedherandthenathiswifetoseehowsheis.
Teresa-sheisthepersonwhomakesLenaunderstandthattherearepeoplewhoselivesareworsethanhers.Shealsoismischievousbecausesheknowsthathermotherwillbeworriedabouther.SheplaysthetrickonherandclimbsdownthefireescapeoutsideLena'swindow.
4. What is the significance of the title? **Itdirectlyrelatestothestory.
**Theprotagonist,Lena,hearsherneighborsthroughherbedroomwallatnight.
5. How is the story told?First Person
Who is the narrator? Lena
What perspective is used? Observer Narration
What is the tone of the language? Scared but curious.
Is the narrator reliable? Yes and No
6. In the beginning-the author focuses on Lenas mother and her life coming to America, the author shows how weak and fragile her mom is by using the man in the basement to inform Lena of the horrible things in life. Lenas mom is very afraid of the world.
Towards the end-the author focuses on Lena finally understanding that there are those that are worse off then they are. Look closely at the opening and ending.On what does the author and narrator focus?
7. What is the major theme of the story? Explicate.
That no matter what you think is bad, someone has it worst then you do.
Are there any minor themes?
8. How does the character transform in the story? Hertransformationfromfindingcontentwithher
familyonlyb/cshethoughtthefamilynext door was worse offthanherown,torealizing that the family next-doorwasnotashorridasher imaginationledhertobelieve,maybeevenbetteroffthanherfamily.
transformationofimaginingtheworstpossible
things, tonowhopingfor her family, mainly her mother, to become well.
Mother'stransformationintoaghost.
9. Are there any allusions in the story that could add meaning to your interpretation? themaninthebasementrepresentslife
andthehorriblethingsinit.
thebabycribrepresents.
The wall-by going through the wall, it opens your eyes to those around you.
10. What are the symbols or other figurative elements in the story? *2nd paragraph, 1st page: "thissamemanlookinglikeasmashedvasehastily put back together.-symbolizes how situations can make people shatter.
*Ghosts:shedescribeshermotherasbecomingaghost-symbolizesdeathwithoutdying;possiblytheworstpossiblething.
*Motherssenseofimbalance:symbolizestheimbalanceofthe
family's structure; mother and father communicating through
their10yrolddaughter.
*Thecrib:symbolizeshopeofnewbegging'sthatwillnownevercome.
*Mother'sdeathofbaby:symbolizeshermothersfurthertransformationintoaghost.
*TheWall:symbolizedabarrierofknowledge,allowingimaginationtotakeoverandproducethoughtsoftheworstpossiblethingsthatcouldhappen.
11. What seems to be the author's primary goal/purpose in writing this short story? That bad stuff can happen.
Maybe what you think is so bad is really not.
12. What is your reaction to this story? How does your reaction influence your reading? Myreactiontothisstorywasthatitwasveryconfusing andsomewhathardtofollow.IfeltbadforLenafor havingamotherwho convinced her that life was like big bad wolf whowasouttogether.
Ithinktheauthorwastryingtosaythatnomatterhowhardyouthinklifeis,itsnotasbadasyouthinkandwhenyouthinkitcantgetanyworse,itreallycantandthingswillstarttolookupevenwhenyouthinkthattheywont.Ireallyfeelthattheauthorreallygetsthepointacross
13. The End