Character Analysis Of Sookan From The Book 'Year Of Impossible Goodbyes'

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Sookan changes in many ways through the book Year of Impossible Goodbyes when faced with her grandfather dies she feels inner peace, when the Japanese leave she feels new joy and happiness, and after facing hunger and death while trying to escape she grows stronger and courageous.

Sookan changes by the first time she feels inner peace, and the little Buddha inside her. "as grandfather enveloped his hands in ours I felt a strange sensation. I felt a quiet but peaceful little Buddha crept inside me." (Choi 41) This moment changed Sookan to find inner peace in hard situations.

Another way Sookan changes is she has lived in a world her whole life with directions of what to do and what to say until now when she can go outside and play with no

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