Sundara Analysis

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Sundara is a Canbodian girl Sundara's childhood includes a boy named Chamroun described as charming and smart. Chamroun and Sundaras parents joke that they will one day be married. Sundara falls in love with Chamroun but Chamroun goes to fight in the war as a soldier right before Sundara leaves to go to her uncle and aunts house. When Sundara is at her aunt and uncles house she flees from Cambodia with her aunt and Soka her grandma and her uncle Naro to escape the 1975 takeover. She leaves her family behind in Cambodia which she regrets later in the book. Sundaras aunt Soka just had a baby right before they had to leave. While on the small very cramped ship, Sundara is put in charge of the baby because soka is not well. The baby is extremely …show more content…

The baby soon dies shortly after devastating Sundara. Sundara eventually makes it to America. A teacher Mrs. Cathcart reads Sundaras poem assignment aloud to the class. It is about her having to leave Cambodia and all the people dying there. Sundara along with Soka work for Mr. Bonner a farmer. Sundara also works Mr. Bonners fruit stand at the market. There she meets Jonathan a boy her age who attends the same school and seems very sweet to Sundara. Soon he befriends her asking to interview her about her life in Cambodia. Sundara is shy about her family history Sundara and Jonathan soon fall for each other. Sundaras aunt has trouble accepting her crush. In fact as soon as Soka knows of it she makes Sundara promise that she will not talk to Jonathan anymore. Despite her promise Sundara sneaks away to see Jonathan. Sundara soon finds out Chamroun has been killed. Sundara starts to adapt to American ways, she learns that her new friend Jonathan is popular at school. Jonathan's girlfriend, Cathy, says nobody really seems to understand Jonathan but her. According to Cathy, "Jonathan and I have been going together since the ninth grade we have something very special between

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