Based on the book Song Of The Buffalo Boy by Sherry Garland, the theme is “Never give up” Some possible reasons for this being the theme is how in the beginning, the steps Loi takes to be with Khai instead of marrying Officer Hiep, in the middle how she lived on the streets of Saigon, and finally at the end how all her earlier efforts payed off. One reason why the theme is “never give up” is how she tried to change Officer Hiep’s opinion on marrying her. She changed the recipe and ingredients in the food for her engagement party by “setting aside a few ingredients for cha gio...adding some crushed bitter root...the pork would be rotten and the mushrooms moldy, to ensure they would taste terrible.” (Page 67) She also changed her appearance
