She feels a strong urge to meet up with her family and feel freedom again. When Sookan and her brother Inchun escape to the south it changes there life immensely. Sookan has taken care of her brother and safely escaped. It takes a lot of effort and courage for her to get to this point, but it is all worth it. "We're Safe, we're safe" (Choi, 195). "Inchun and I bent over and crawled under the train" (Choi, 158). This changed her as a person because she had finally overcome something. Throughout her whole life every time she tried something, she got pushed down 10 feet. For once, her and her brother are happy and free.
I think one of the life long lessons being taught is that even if you fail the first time and you don't start out the best, you can still conquer anything. Throughout this book I have learned many terrible things that happen but that you still have to belive in a better