Black and Red in Chapters 6-8

November 6th 2019                                           
In Chapters 6-8 Loung and her family spend much time traveling. The motif appears in a surprising spot in my opinion: Race. We know the Khmer Rouge Regime targeted lighter skin toned citizens on the possibility that they were Chinese while the Khmers had a darker skin tone. The ethnic group with curly black hair and darker skin takes over. Loung also worries if she will ever see the fun (red) side of her father again. We see the color black in several places, painted on the night sky as the family travels, on the pants of the two soldiers who may have been bribed, and on Khouy's (the boy who would make her laugh) karate belt. 

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