So Bay Ly is poor, hungry, pregnant, and unwed. Her situation is pretty awful. What do most people do in this situation? They question their faith. She has to move in with her sister,Lan, who is...well...a piece of work. She is rather fond of Americans and Bay Ly does not quite understand why. One day, a drunken marine came into her apartment and she did not offer him any hospitality. As Lan was chastising her, she kind of screamed this HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION: "'You little fool!' she shouted. 'Do you know what you've done? No! You don't know, do you? You're just too stupid! A stupid little girl who got herself knocked up because she doesn't know any better!"(Hayslip, 175). So, little Bay Ly once again found herself on the street. She lived with another group of pregnant women for a little while, but her father went to Lan's apartment and was furious that she had kicked Lan out. Lan took her back in under her father's orders. Then we have a new character. His name is Hung. To support her mother and her baby, she became an entrepreneur. So she sold cigarettes, whiskey, and bracelets to GIs. It was a wartime "souvenir" business.
Another song came to mind while I was reading. Since she really didn't have a place to call home, I thought this song was appropriate.
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