In "Sally" the details the narrator asks her about "And why do you always go straight home after school? You become a different Sally. You pull your skirt
straight, you rub the blue paint off your eyelids. You don't laugh, Sally. You look at
your feet and walk fast to the house you can't come out from" suggest that: *
O Sally is ashamed of her home and therefore doesn't want to talk to anyone about it.
O
Sally has secrets about her life and family that she hides behind her personality at
school
O Sally is lonely because she no longer has friends and people whisper about her.
Sally is ashamed of how she dresses and goes home upset about it everyday.