How Does Sukan Change In The Book Year Of Impossible Goodbyes

Sookan changes in many ways throughout the book Year of Impossible Goodbyes when faced with the following situations. When Sukans grandfather died, when Sukan got enrolled in a new Japanese school that was controlled by Narita sensei, and when Sukan had to do so much to cross the border and get to her family. Her first change is when her grandfather dies, Sukan had a grandfather who loved a tree and used to meditate next to it, the Japanese cut it down and he got so mad that he said he was going to throw his shoes away. He meant that he was never going to go outside again. He became so depressed and lonely that he died. “Not for her tears, I was afraid that grandfather had died” (Choi 47). This changed Sukan because, every time she is sad she thinks of her grandfather and

Sukans mother receives a note from captain Narita that Sukan has to go to Japanese school. In this school she can only speak Japanese or else she will get hit with a ruler. Sukan has had a very bad experience with Narita sensei’s husband that she thinks that Narita sensei is as bad as him. Little does she know that she is even worse and much more strict."Mother received a notice from the captain that said all students of Japan must attend Japanese school" (Choi 64). Sukan gets so used to getting hit so many times that she gets so tough, if she hits her one more time she will feel almost no pain at all. Sukan was trying to get to the end of the north border and to the south. She had to go under a train, escape dogs and soldiers, and she got stabbed with about 1000 needles in her foot. After she escaped the she got to the border. She safely got across, but fainted right after because of how tired she was, people from the Red Cross rescued her and reunited her with her family. Her mom returned and her family become one again. "I was so happy we had finally crossed, me and Yinchuan had almost died trying to cross" (Choi 161). This affected her the