It seems as though nowadays everyone is constantly judging one another, even if they don’t mean to. People judge each other for everything. The way they look, the way they act, the people they’re with, etc.
Everyone is brought up differently, and has different morals and different intents on deciding what is right and what is wrong. It seems in this story that everyone that lives on the street of the narrator has an opinion of her. No one is very friendly.
People tend to instead of telling someone they disagree with their actions or doings; they instead avoid the subject because many people do not care for confrontation and would rather just avoid the situation.
Although the narrator is constantly being judged; she seems to be a very strong person. She knows who she is as a person and who she is being viewed as by others.
Perhaps knowing who you are and believing in yourself is what matters most and not caring of what others think of you is what is viewed as being a strong person? Although others might view a person negatively; it’s what one sees in themselves that really does matter.
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I like how your response picks up on some of the key themes in the story: "People judge each other for everything" and "everyone that lives on the street of the narrator has an opinion of her" really stood out to me.
I agree that this story is about how people judge, form opinions, and view one another. That this story complicates this theme by contrasting two cultures make it even more interesting.
In the story, the narrator spends most of her energy talking about how other people view/judge her...what types of judgments/opinions does she make of the Japanese people?
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