- The description of Phnom Phen makes me want to visit the place.
- The way the mother lectures her daughter, reminds of how my sisters and mother lectures me.
- Sarongs are like skirts that reaches the floor. They are commonly worn at home.
- It must be hard for Pa to keep things low and his family safe.
- I don't think I could experience their pure joy when they reunited with their family.
- Why don't America has many food carts on the streets?
- Why did Pa keep the kids home from school?
- Why is Loung so selfish?
- How do they survive the hot weather?
- Congest(pg. 2)- Verb. to clog.
- Delicacy(pg.25)-noun. quality.
- Cadre(pg. 39)-noun. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- "Our apartment is built like a train, narrow in the front with rooms extending out to the back"(pg 7)- Simile, Loung is describing how her apartment is like a train because of the way it is layouted like.
- "Many have almond-shape eyes, thin noeses, and light skin, which suggests they might be of Chinese descent"(pg. 45)- Charcteristics, Loung describe the way a mixed Cambodians looks like if they were part Chinese.
Loung's lived a peaceful life as a little girl, who would run down the streets and play children games with her freinds. She witha family of 9 including herself. However, her family's life changes as the Khmer Rouge comes into town and kick them out. She soons experiances things that she would never thought she would, sheas walking down the blazing sun while carrying a heavy pot. Loung questions why everyone is leaving the city and discovers slowly why while hiding her family background and trying to survive by moving from one village to another, and living off food they could find.
