Year Of Impossible Goodbyes Analysis

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Sookan changes in many ways in the memoir Year of Impossible Goodbyes when faced with 3 situations. First, Sookan was separated from her family at school. Second when Sookan and Inchun had to leave behind their mother, and lastly when Sookan and Inchun crossed the border. The first example was when Sookan and Inchun where forced to go to Japanese school. They depended on each other. The hoped that the Japanese would not separate them so that they could be there for one another. "This would be the first time that we would be apart all day long, and I was sure that he would feel lost without me" (Choi 65). Sookan and Inchun had to depend on each other to get through their difficult day. However when they where separated between boys and

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