Summary Of Year Of Impossible Goodbyes

Sookan changes many ways in Year of Impossible Goodbyes. There was three events that made her grow angrier and angrier at the Japanese soldiers: when the Japanese soldiers cut down grandfather’s tree, when her grandfather died, and when Captain Narita took the sock girls away. Sookan and her family had a celebration for Haiwon's 16th birthday. They were all having fun, but then captain Narita and two lieutenants unexpectedly walked through the gate. Sookan was having so much fun that she forgot about the imperial police. Captain Narita yelled at mother, stared at grandfather, and then left quietly. Mother thought he was up to something because he left so quietly. Two Korean soldiers came back later to cut down grandfathers tree. After they cut it
He came back the next morning and ordered aunt tiger to get mother. He talked so quietly that mother had to lean in. Then he said something that put a look of horror on her face. She begged and begged and Sookan wondered why. He looked around and left with his lieutenants without a word. A couple of days went by and suddenly the gate burst open. It was captain Narita and two soldiers. The soldiers began herding the girls into the truck. They screamed and fell to the ground, but were poked with guns and forced onto the truck. The soldiers came back to take the machines from the sock factory. "I'm glad to see those machines go. It would be too sad to look at them day after day. Too much had happened today." (Choi 62) Sookan is becoming more and more mad at the soldiers. The sock girls did not deserve that and it wasn't their fault. With every event sookan became more and more angry at the Japanese soldiers. The soldiers first made her angry by cutting down grandfather’s tree. Then they made her even more angry because grandfather died, and it was their fault. The soldiers made her even more mad and took the sock girls