Le Ly experiences more changes in chapter four. She begins living a new life when she moves to Saigon with her mother. Life in Ky La became too dangerous for Le Ly and her mother. She was already accused of being a traitor and her mother was also accused of being a traitor.
During her journey to Saigon, Le Ly described the SETTING by describing her view from the airplane:
"When we left the ground and banked gently over the ocean, it was as if I was seeing my homeland for the very first time-taking it all in at a glance like god in heaven-and I felt my first true sense of peace. The pale sky seemed infinite and I was climbing toward it like a celestial spirit. The shiny blue ocean with its ribbon of surf, the patchwork of paddies and dusty lots and lumpy green hills all grew smaller in my eyes the way a mother dwindles in the eyes of her growing daughter"(Hayslip, 114).
While I was reading this chapter, I could not help but thinking of my transfer to OLG when I was in 7th grade. It was a dramatic change for me and I started living a new life, just like Bay Ly. I also thought of this fabulous song by Rodney Atkins that describes her predicament (and my transfer) very well.
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