The novel, First They Killed My Father, written by and told from the perspective of
Loung Ung, is a story of a terrible childhood, where the influence of the communist
government, the Khmer Rouge, where the anger of the regime which she claims to be
the sole reason of the separation of her family, in addition to her many problems that
she now faces. Although she is put into a state of danger, Loung continues to think
about her images of anger with the mean intentions of the Khmer Rouge.
When Loung is relocated from the streets of Phnom Penh to the bad conditions
of Krang Troup, she is sitting on the fence as to which mindset she wants to choose, if it
is to rebel against the idea of the communist regime, or to accept that this change in
lifestyle is for …show more content…
She is not angered at her death, but saddened, “I cup my hands over my mouth
and scream out in pain over the cruel death of my sister.”(pg.106)Then matters begin to
take a downturn concerning the family, when Pa is asked to assist the soldiers with a
task, and it seems to Pa that his time in hiding is now up, for “(pg106)...his chest inflates
and exhales deeply, and his jaw is square as he clenches his teeth.” He then leaves and
the family then assumes the worst, without directly mentioning it to one.
Loung can sense what is going to happen of Pa, and it is in this area of the story
where she thinks about the desire to destroy Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, for she
goes on later to say, “the water washes away the dirt, but it will never put out the fire of
hate that I have for the Khmer Rouge.” It sounds absurd at this point in time, but it
seems that Loung would perhaps not have survived the period of time under the
communist rule if they did not continuing on executing Pa, for this was the event in
which she left the innocence of her childhood behind her and was forced into a world
Loung Ung, is a story of a terrible childhood, where the influence of the communist
government, the Khmer Rouge, where the anger of the regime which she claims to be
the sole reason of the separation of her family, in addition to her many problems that
she now faces. Although she is put into a state of danger, Loung continues to think
about her images of anger with the mean intentions of the Khmer Rouge.
When Loung is relocated from the streets of Phnom Penh to the bad conditions
of Krang Troup, she is sitting on the fence as to which mindset she wants to choose, if it
is to rebel against the idea of the communist regime, or to accept that this change in
lifestyle is for …show more content…
She is not angered at her death, but saddened, “I cup my hands over my mouth
and scream out in pain over the cruel death of my sister.”(pg.106)Then matters begin to
take a downturn concerning the family, when Pa is asked to assist the soldiers with a
task, and it seems to Pa that his time in hiding is now up, for “(pg106)...his chest inflates
and exhales deeply, and his jaw is square as he clenches his teeth.” He then leaves and
the family then assumes the worst, without directly mentioning it to one.
Loung can sense what is going to happen of Pa, and it is in this area of the story
where she thinks about the desire to destroy Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, for she
goes on later to say, “the water washes away the dirt, but it will never put out the fire of
hate that I have for the Khmer Rouge.” It sounds absurd at this point in time, but it
seems that Loung would perhaps not have survived the period of time under the
communist rule if they did not continuing on executing Pa, for this was the event in
which she left the innocence of her childhood behind her and was forced into a world