Ellea Clarke’s Reviews > The Silence Between Us > Status Update

There is an interesting dynamic with the deaf main character and the hearing people around her. Maya describes how others treat her when they discover that she's deaf, stating, "I wasn't surprised to see the look that came over Beau's face as he watched Kathleen sign to me" (Gervais 21). On the topic of meeting new people, she has met Kathleen, Nina, and Beau. They seem nice, but she's skeptical, assuming it's pity.