And... surprise!! The chapter starts with a reference to... you guessed: Poh-Poh.
But at least Sek-Lung says on page 169: “I flung myself into life without her”. Good boy. Good for you!
Now is 1941. War and tension cover their lives.
Sek-Lung goes to school. Classmates, teacher and assignments.
Miss Doyle, the teacher, and her war analogies: she’s the general, the students are soldiers, and obedience is paramount.
On page 184, Choy introduces in that classroom of so many immigrants, the Canadian mosaic. It works.
Friday, April 3, 2009
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