Sookan's Changes In Year Of Impossible Goodbyes

Sookan changes in many ways throughout the book Year of Impossible Goodbyes when faced with the following situations: when she pretended to be like the Russians, when she took off her shoes in the field, and when she gave her little sister the rest of the bread.

Sookan has the ability to be very cunning and trick people into thinking that they are for their side. For example, when they were planning to escape, she pretended to be happy and go to all the Russian meetings. "We all have to look like happy little members of the proletariat" (Choi 114). The quote connects because Kisa is telling her to pretend to be happy, but she is actually planning to escape to the south.

Sookan also became much more resilient. An example would