There are several ways living in Vietnam is affecting Ha’s life. For example “Hardly anyone buys anymore, she says. People can barely afford food.” (15). This shows that where Ha is living (Vietnam) is a very poor place now caused by the war, the soldiers are probably taking most of the food so prices skyrocket where she lives and it's hard to buy food or anything. Another piece of evidence is “She would give me fifty dong...Now it takes two hundred dong” (20). This again is saying that where Ha lives the prices have gone up so much because of the war with all the soldiers needing food and supplies and now families like Ha’s have become very poor because of it. Furthermore Ha says “I the only daughter, usually get roasted chicken, dried bamboo
