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- Ana loves to sit and look out the window. It means she doesn’t need a TV, as from her window she can see 48 apartment windows and a sliver of Lake Erie.
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Ana watches from her window, but she can't solve the mystery. Eventually, she figures she'll just have to go down to the lot and dig up the buried secret herself. And that's just what Ana does.
When the weather warms, Ana sees her several times in the mornings on her way to school, crouching down with her back to Ana’s window. Ana’s curiosity feels like a fever. It’s telling that Ana’s first thought is to call the police, as it emphasizes that Ana deeply distrusts her neighbors.
Meanwhile, Ana, a Romanian woman who has lived in the working-class neighborhood for many years, watches Kim from her window with suspicion. Ana remembers when the neighborhood was mainly inhabited by Romanians.
Character Analysis. If you're looking for the town snoop, you've found her in Ana. This woman is curious as a cat and has the binoculars to prove it. She's an older Romanian woman, and there's just one thing she likes more than anything else: people watching.
Ana has seen so many criminal acts from her apartment window that she's immediately suspicious when she sees a little black-haired girl hiding behind a fridge and burying something...
So when Ana sees young Kim digging down in the vacant lot, she assumes that Kim is burying drugs or other illicit substances. However, Ana is beside herself with shame when she discovers Kim’s sprouting lima bean seeds instead of drugs.
Ana spends a lot of time staring out her window. How has the neighborhood changed since Ana first moved in? How does Ana feel about the changes? (Ana) What assumption does Ana make when she sees Kim in the garden? Why? Were her assumptions correct? (Ana) In what ways did Kim’s actions influence Ana? (Ana)
