Right off the bat we learn that Nea was not the one to play with when it comes to her sister Sourdi. This was learned when Nea told a story from her point of view about how she stabbed a man who messed with her sister. When her mom asked her why she did this, Nea responds by saying in the passage “ But, Ma, He was going to hurt Sourdi.” (83) Sourdi and their mother could not understand how Nea could make a horrible mistake. This upsets Nea and confused her because she did not understand why her sister Sourdi would allow something like that to happen to her. In this part of the story we see from Nea’s point of view that she sees things differently from her mom and sister. This happens a lot throughout the story and it is all because Nea