In August 1969, Le Ly agreed to marry Ed Munro and move to the United States with him. However, she realized it would be an extremely expensive process when she spoke again to her landlady Hoa. She moved in with Ed and soon became pregnant again. When her second son (Tommy) was born, Ed was very excited, even though he already had two grown sons back in America. His overseas contract expired a few months later, and he planned to go back to San Diego while Le Ly would wait then go a few weeks later. On May 27, 1970, Le Ly, Jimmy, and Tommy boarded a big American jetliner which would take them to Honolulu.
The fourteenth chapter also included Le Ly's farewell dinner and her voyage back to the United States. Mama Du told her that she has really learned and matured from the war, but most other Vietnamese had not.
"You've done your homework, Bay Ly. The rest of us--well--our whole world turned upside down because we didn't learn our lessons about getting along. And we're still in trouble for it, aren't we? We need to listen to our higher selves, Bay Ly--as you have done--and not so much to each other."
My family and I were watching The Office last night, and Angela Martin said that she is really good at holding grudges. She obviously has not learned to forgive others yet; she could have used someone like Le Ly to explain to her what forgiveness is and why it is so important.When Heaven and Earth Changed Places was a great inspirational book, and I strongly suggest you all rise above our class's expectations and read its sequel, Child of War, Woman of Peace because it continues the life of Le Ly Hayslip, which was barely touched in the assigned book.
I love how you related this book to the office! and your blog is very interesting, Emma!
ReplyDeleteI like how you challenged the reader to continue on and read the sequel because you show that you went beyond what was required.
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