Friday, November 20, 2009

First they killed my father

The book is getting sadder everyday i read it. Loung's family is split a part, they forced Khouy to marry so he would not be sent into the war. Meng, Khouy and Khouy's wife were sent to a work camp. Meng and Khouy work almost 15 hours a day loading bags of rice in to trucks to be sent to China. Loung's sister Keav was sent a girls camp working in rice fields. At their hut in the village theres her mom, dad, her brother Kim, sister Chou, herself and her sister Geak. Everyones suffering from malnutrition from not having enough food supply, they are only able to survive because of the extra food Meng and Khouy bring to them when they visit. Everyday they see soldiers going into houses and taking women, while they say they only need to question them, everyone knows what they really do. Even though the cheif says everyone is equal, it is clear that they are not, Theres people like her family who are considered "corrupt" and the base people have lived in the country all their lives

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