Year Of Impossible Goodbyes Analysis

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In the memoir Year Of Impossible Goodbyes, Sookan changes from someone who is ignorant of the world and just believes what other people say without seeking proof, then becomes someone who is able to stand up for herself and is able to do things on her own and has her own opinion about different situations. You can see these changes in these three moments. When she starts to ask aunt tiger and mother questions, when she claps for the little boy and gets expelled and when she was able to go on without mother and find her home in Seoul. I feel disappointed and excluded because my family is hiding many things about the outside world, such as what is going on. They were also hiding why the Japanese were in power and why they were able to …show more content…

Throughout the book we learn how she grew from a rather ignorant person to a person who is able to take risks in order to achieve things for the greater good. In the memoir Year Of Impossible Goodbyes, Sookan changes from someone who is ignorant of the world and just believes what other people say without seeking proof, then becomes someone who is able to stand up for herself and is able to do things on her own and has her own opinion about different situations. You can see these changes in these three moments. When she starts to ask aunt tiger and mother questions, when she claps for the little boy and gets expelled and when she was able to go on without mother and find her home in Seoul. I feel disappointed and excluded because my family is hiding many things about the outside world, such as what is going on. They were also hiding why the Japanese were in power and why they were able to command us around. I also didn't like the fact that I was being treated differently just because I was younger. "You are a little girl, and there is nothing for you to worry about. Just do as you’re told. " Page 32-33 YOIG “I thought of asking Aunt Tiger, but I had tried asking her before, “It’s bad enough that we have to live under them,” she said. ” Page 33 YOIG. If you look at this quote I can see that they are hiding things/excluding me from what is truly happening in the outside world. And this is only because I am a little younger than

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