Sunday, January 17, 2010 @ 7:33 AM
Lee

Story: Lee

Conflicts Internal

-Lee’s dad
.Felt awkward to be in the car with Lee (“…she listened, half-impatiently, without saying a word, and that merely increased his awkwardness” (pg 88))

.Does not like Lee to talk about Alan Piscopo (“He gripped the wheel, feeling a wholly unexpected jealousy irected at the faceless Piscopo, whom he visualized…” (pg 88))

External

Climax

Lee finally talked about her mother’s death which she related it to David Hockney prints (“ When I found Mom –in the pool- that’s what I thought. A David Hockney print come to life.” (pg 99))

Resolution

Complete resolution
Lee finally resent being a Asian or Chinese which makes Lee’s Dad satisfied. (“ I like being Asian. Or Chinese… “And they wrote you off in school, didn’t they?” she said. E shrugged. “Sure,” she said at last. “Maybe. But it’s still not easy.”…But he was satisfied.” (pg 105,106))

Characters
Lee
.She is healthy (“Oh yeah, I’m interested in health foods and stuff. Yogurt. Celery sticks. Do they sell that around here?” (pg 91))

.She is straight-forward (“You think I’m a bastard, don’t you, talking on about Alan…Hey –they didn’t f_k in front of me, if that’s what you mean” (pg 90))

Lee’s Dad

.He is weak at his studies (“Oh, I don’t know. I wasn’t very good at work. Scraped through A levels. I spent more time listening to the radio than studying” (pg 104))

The most interesting part in this story was when Lee’s Dad told her that he was a deejay and her response was “gross out, man” which I find that her response would be what I would say if my dad told me the same thing her dad did. Therefore it was the most interesting part in this story.