Sometimes people feel as if they do not belong when they do not have the same way of doing things. The article “What is ‘community’ and why is it important?” by Toby Lowe argues that “a community is a group of people who share an identity-forming narrative.” In the short story, “The War of the Wall” the community misjudged her and thought she was disrespectful. In the story “The War of the Wall” the painter lady is accepted to the community when they realize she is honoring the community by painting the wall. In the story “The War of the Wall” the painter lady is accepted to the community when they realize she is honoring the community by painting the wall. In the text, it states, “Me and Lou had no time for courtesies. We were late for school. …show more content…
She thought it was normal, and everybody did. To explain further,” It explains why community has the normative (moral) force that it does, because it is our narratives that provide us with our explanations for what good/bad look like.” (Lowe, p8D). The significance of the wall shapes their perception of what is good, perceiving their history and identity, and what is bad, destroying that history. Also, when the painter lady asked what was in her food, it was perceived as good in the North, but weird in the South. The narrator says, “This means, a group of people who share a story that is so important to them that it defines an aspect of who they are.” (Lowe, p4) The wall to the community represents them as a community, its what they stand for, making the preservation of the wall a matter of personal and communal