Liu uses his five senses to tell the reader about his journey to Chinatown. He wants the reader to know what he going through, "thick crowds on the sidewalk... sweat and breath, old perfume", "late autumn and chilly enough to numb my cheeks". He's showing the struggle of going to Chinatown and the chilly fall of New York City.
He wants his reader to know that, by using sensory he wish to connect with his reader and to make the story more interesting. He showing us the lifestyle of Chinatown, the everyday situation of New York City. For those who haven't been to other place he wants to help us or demonstrate the lifestyle for the reader.
As he demonstrate his word choice such as "incongruous" he surrounding the reader with the overly crowd of people that filled up in Chinatown. Emporium, the scenes of the marketplace were he can find anything at an Chinatown marketplace. As they were about to leave they saw her grandmother, "the surprise in her eyes, then hurt" feeling a connection, that was pretty strong, as they were driving home, no one talk at all. Words can not be express out loud, nor it can be shared by other.
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