- In this Chapter Mai describes what her grandfathers last day in Saigon was like " or what it was supposed to be like" she described it as a motionless night.
- Mai described the South China Sea on April 30 1975 as the exodus by sea , a lurching protuberance of South Vietnamese Navy Vessels, barges, tugboats, junks, sampans, fishing boats, and other makeshift vessels, all heading away from the Coast .
- Mai's grandfather who she described as a farmers whose bravery had been rewarded with citations of Honor from both the province chief and the American Commander?
- In this chapter Mai founds the letter her mother left for her on her dresser which said that Mai was under an Allusion of freedom.
- Mai's mother also said that " Mai can loose herself in that way of thinking , the school's way of thinking" when Mai's mother said that she could loose herself in that way of thinking she meant that she could looser her self in genetics which was something that interested her.
4 Questions
- Why was Mai try to imagine the progress of her grandfathers life if it had been chaotic or orderly?
- What is a province Chief?
- Why did Mai's mother belive she had an Allusion of freedom?
- Why does Mai's mother still see Mai as a child even though she was 17 years old.
3 Vocabulary
- corrugated -shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
- irretrievably - in an irretrievable manner
- meticulously- in a meticulous manner
2 Literary terms
- Simile
- Irony
1 Overview Sentence
In this chapter Mai really take into consideration what her grandfathers life was like and if it could have been different.
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