Teenage years are already a time of experiment and rebellion, and unintentionally, family can cause one to pull away from their culture. This is exactly what happened to Lin as she grew older. In the short story, “Everyone Talked Loudly in Chinatown,” by Anne Jew the most apparent theme is that family can cause one to pull away from their culture which eventually leads to guilt. The main character of the story, Lin, is an average teenage girl of the Chinese background. Her family had migrated from China to Canada years before. As the story progresses we learn that as Lin grew up in a new country she began to pull away from her culture and associate with new people of different backgrounds, most specifically the Western culture. During the story
