Old Chang Character Analysis

Sunday afternoons in Chinatown give people time to reflect on life. Old Chang had run his convenience store on Stockton Street for six years. People would tell you that it was his personality that helped make him so popular with his customers. He could tell when you needed help and when you didn’t. The two men who had just walked in the door definitely made him nervous. They were looking for more than just cigarettes or coffee. Chang was born in mainland China in a little town called Shangshe. He came to the states when he was 6 years old and spent his life looking for where he could fit in. His English was still broken after all these years while his personality helped make up for any short comings he faced in life. Chang turned to his 8 year old daughter who was playing behind the counter where he could keep an eye on her. “Hide now!” She understood from the tone in her father’s voice that he wanted her to hide under the counter. He looked away from the two for just a moment to see his daughter slide under the counter right next to the same place where he kept a loaded sawed off shot gun. His brother had given him the shot gun when he first opened his store and he still felt uncomfortable about having it. He knew that while a gun, …show more content…
He looked straight at Chang. There was a silence that did not require words. Chang opened his cash register and started to empty out the money. Elvis kept silent watching closely for any move or hesitations from the Chinaman. He knew the control was in his hands just like numerous times before. He went into the life when he was only eleven years old. Part of a broken family like so many of his other friends it was his source of individuality and his vehicle to take him somewhere. He was a natural at the life and he had worked his way up the fast way. Now he was standing here waiting for his payoff for the day like a wolf collecting his prey. His senses were keen from all the days he had spent