The All American Slurp - Lensey Namioka
Create a thinking map to compare and contrast how the main character in “The All-American Slurp” felt when she went with her family to the Lakeview restaurant with how she felt when Meg’s family came over for dinner.
How does the setting of the Lakeview restaurant and Meg’s family’s party affect the main character in “The All-American Slurp”?
------The setting of the Lakeveiw Resteraunt affects teh main characters becasue they learned that in a French resteraunt that they do not "slurp" because it is not proper. "When a large sloop reached him, he froze. The bottle continued to pour, and red wine flooded the table top and on to the lap of the costumer." (page 63)
How does the main character of “The All-American Slurp” know that she finally fits in as an American?
------The main charcter of "The All- American Slurp" knows that she fits in is when the Gleasons eat unproperly just like how their family ate at the Lakeview Resteraunt. " All of us our family and the Chinese guests stopped eatign to watch the activities of The Gleasons." (Page 66)
How does the setting of the Lakeview restaurant and Meg’s family’s party affect the main character in “The All-American Slurp”?
------The setting of the Lakeveiw Resteraunt affects teh main characters becasue they learned that in a French resteraunt that they do not "slurp" because it is not proper. "When a large sloop reached him, he froze. The bottle continued to pour, and red wine flooded the table top and on to the lap of the costumer." (page 63)
How does the main character of “The All-American Slurp” know that she finally fits in as an American?
------The main charcter of "The All- American Slurp" knows that she fits in is when the Gleasons eat unproperly just like how their family ate at the Lakeview Resteraunt. " All of us our family and the Chinese guests stopped eatign to watch the activities of The Gleasons." (Page 66)
- Born in Beijing China
- Best Short Story is "All American Slurp"
- Awards - Washington State Governor's Writers Award, 1976, 1990
- Has a total of 26 stories
- All of her stories are both short and long stories
The Lin Family in the Lakeview Resteraunt
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The Gleasons in The Lin House
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