In describing american school, kingston writes "the other chinese girls did not talk
her, so i knew the silence had to do with being a chinese girl." but she later writes, "not
maren who were silent at american school found voice at chinese school." instead
reaung a simple comparison - american school (silent) versus chinese school (loud) -
kingston describes a more complex situation. why? what does she want us to think about
or to question?

well stockyards mean a large yard containing pens and sheds, typically adjacent to a slaughterhouse, in which livestock is kept and sorted. and i'm assuming that by party you   mean a large group of people which does make sense because chicago is a very crowded place much like new york. stockyards tend to take up a lot of room due to needing the area for pens to keep animals in and the fact that stockyards are usually right by slaughterhouse where they process and distribute the product. so its much like a zoo but with some dead animal products close by.