Sookan changes in many ways throughout the book year of impossible goodbyes when faced with the following situations
When the Japanese chopped down the pine tree, when the Russians took mother, and when she and Inchun was escaping to the south.
When the Japanese chopped down the pine tree Sookan acts very kind, she comforted Inchun when he was sorrowful about Grandfather and the tree, when she saw all the pine branches she said to Inchun "Let's give them to the sock girls. I know they don't even have time to talk to us, but they can smell the pine as they work" (choi 30). That was something Sookan did that took time out of her day just to make Inchun and the sock girls joyful.
When Sookan's mother was captured by the Russians she feels helpless …show more content…
All alone except for Inchun, Sookan needed hurtle up and down a hill, then dash across a cornfield in the pouring rain bare footed with the stalks jabbing into my feet, just to meet a raging river with only railroad beams attaching the two sides " A grownup would just be able to make it from one tie to the next. If we made one false move, we would fall into the rapidly flowing river, and would surely die" (choi 162). We were able to cross the river, but still had to get under the fence, "Using all my remaining strength, I pulled at the bottom of the wire. It would not budge. There was no time to think. We fell to our knees and started to dig... I thrust my body under the wire. The barbs dug into me. My hair was caught, my clothes ripped, and I could feel the blood pooling in the cuts on my back. I kept going, and finally made it through" (choi 164). It took a lot of bravery to do that all alone and she would not of been able to do anything like that at the beginning or even towards the middle of the book. Sookan changed a lot throughout the whole book. She changed from a kind, shy little girl to a brave, responsible, and independent young
When the Japanese chopped down the pine tree, when the Russians took mother, and when she and Inchun was escaping to the south.
When the Japanese chopped down the pine tree Sookan acts very kind, she comforted Inchun when he was sorrowful about Grandfather and the tree, when she saw all the pine branches she said to Inchun "Let's give them to the sock girls. I know they don't even have time to talk to us, but they can smell the pine as they work" (choi 30). That was something Sookan did that took time out of her day just to make Inchun and the sock girls joyful.
When Sookan's mother was captured by the Russians she feels helpless …show more content…
All alone except for Inchun, Sookan needed hurtle up and down a hill, then dash across a cornfield in the pouring rain bare footed with the stalks jabbing into my feet, just to meet a raging river with only railroad beams attaching the two sides " A grownup would just be able to make it from one tie to the next. If we made one false move, we would fall into the rapidly flowing river, and would surely die" (choi 162). We were able to cross the river, but still had to get under the fence, "Using all my remaining strength, I pulled at the bottom of the wire. It would not budge. There was no time to think. We fell to our knees and started to dig... I thrust my body under the wire. The barbs dug into me. My hair was caught, my clothes ripped, and I could feel the blood pooling in the cuts on my back. I kept going, and finally made it through" (choi 164). It took a lot of bravery to do that all alone and she would not of been able to do anything like that at the beginning or even towards the middle of the book. Sookan changed a lot throughout the whole book. She changed from a kind, shy little girl to a brave, responsible, and independent young