Over the course of the book Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Choi, the main character, Sookan, is a 10 year old girl that lives in the middle of the Korean War. Sookan is a kind and thoughtful girl that looks up to her grandfather and family. Sookan takes on more responsibility that progresses from being a thoughtful family member to being responsible for a life. In the beginning Sookan took the responsibility to make her own wrapping paper for Haiwon. In chapter 2 it explains how she made this special moment, "We had to wrap it for Haiwon, but we wanted to make it special, so we took out a piece of white rice paper that grandfather had given us, and drew lots of pictures and made our own fancy wrapping paper" (Choi 23).This is a
