In <em>Lucy Tan's Safety of Numbers</em>, the narrator's mother, who was locked inside the house, lost her confidence in society and self-expression. Now, she has become rigid in raising her daughter.
<h3>Safety of Numbers</h3>
The devastating Tiananmen Square experience haunts Lucy Tan's mother. As one of the students who protested in Tiananmen Square, she realized that society does not care for the vulnerable and can force one to renounce their youth naivety. Could anyone expect the authorities to order the opening of fire on protesting students with no weapon other than their voices?
Thus, the fact that the narrator's mother was locked inside the house for a long duration shattered her confidence in society and reduced her self-expression.
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The memory of the event would never be forgotten
<span>Tom maintains his miserly attitude at the very end, even so far as to deny that he has profited from his work as a usurer. It is fitting that the devil arrives in this moment at Tom's "invitation" to take him away to hell.</span>
