Sook Haiwon's 16th Birthday Party

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Sookan starts out the book being very unaware of her surroundings, throughout the book she becomes more and more aware of the world around her. The things that helped her realize this were Haiwon's 16th birthday party, going to school, and Grandfather's death.

Haiwon's 16th birthday party was definitely a huge eye opener for Sookan. This helped her realize that life isn't always gonna be nice and dandy. When the Imperial Police came Sookan saw a lot of different emotions from her family members. Some of her family members showed signs of weakness which Sookan was not used to seeing. In this event she realized how cruel and evil the outside world can be. She also realized how her family was trying to hide it from her. "I thought of asking

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