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Family In Loung Ung's First They Killed My Father

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The novel First They Killed My Father has a vast collection of themes that were prevalent throughout the course of the story. The theme that is the most prominent is Family can help you endure all. The author of this heartbreaking memoir, Loung Ung, who was five at the time, describes her experiences under the barbarous and ruthless dictator, Pol Pot. Loung Ung, her parents, and her six siblings lived a normality where life, liberty, and the security of a individual were considered basic human rights. On April 17, 1975 the invasion of Communist Khmer Rouge took all aspects of public life and private life. The goal was to create a rural, classless society that followed the radical theory of Maoism and Marxism. To do this, they implemented some
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