Children Of The River Analysis

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Children of the river The book children of the river is about a girl named sundara who is forced to move from cambodia to america. this book takes place during the vietnam war and this is what caused sundara, soka, naro, sundaras grandma, ravy, and pon, to have to go to america. Their culture in cambodia is a lot different from our culture in america. They have the parents arrange marriages, but they don't get married until they are around sixteen instead of when they are very young like in some other countries. They believe that white skin is more beautiful than black because they have been taught to believe that, and they believe that touching a child's head will bring them bad luck and make them stupid. The problem with these cultures and

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