Character Analysis Of Sookan In 'Year Of Impossible Goodbyes'

In the memoir Year of Impossible Goodbyes, the main character, Sookan, changes from a scared and hopeless young girl to a brave and fearless one. At first she has no hope when the war is still surging, next she cowers in fear because the sock girls are being taken away and grandfather died, but finally she feels brave when they must escape to the south. Sookan's life at home had been terrible. They tried to throw a surprise party for Haiwon, but the Japanese soldiers interrupted them and ordered more to cut down grandfather’s tree. As she watched, she felt more hopeless than ever before. "But suddenly, I was sorry I was born a Korean child" (Choi 30). Sookan portrayed the characteristics of a hopeless and scared child at the beginning of the