why did zitkala sa began to cry when every one started to eat Share with your friends Share 0 Shrawani Menghal answered this Zitkala sa stared crying when everybody stared eating because she was embarrassed and terrified of all the changes suddenly occurred to her. 3 View Full Answer Umakant Biswal answered this @ SHRAWANI when all other students are eating with the knife and spoon , then jitkala sa was crying beacuse 1- she never eat in spoon and knife , 2- in their culture they donot eat in knife and spoon . 0