War-time has both long term and short term effects on Suyuan. Suyuan had been traveling with her twin babies for many days, trying to reach her husband in Chungking. Not only was she physically beaten and exhausted, she must have been worried and frightened that she would not make it to her husband. These feelings and pains, however, are short term emotions. While I am sure that she replayed those emotions throughout her life, the long-term affects were caused by Suyuan having to leave her duaghters in China, while she went to the United States. Suyuan decided to leave her daughters with all the money, jewelry and photos that she had because she knew that her daughters would grow up without knowing their mother. This separation affected
