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Year Of Impossible Sookan Character Analysis
Throughout the book Year of impossible goodbyes when faced with the following situations: grandfather dies, when they lose mother, and when she is responsible over inchun. The first event that showed change in sookan's personality is when grandfather dies. "Grandfather died soon after we left him. I felt like a different person. I feel New conflicting struggles" (choi 44). This changed sookans personality and affected her life by making her more respectful over the privileges that she doesn't realize she is given everyday. The second event that made sookans personality more clear on how it's changing is when they lose mother. "Mother gently pulled inchun from aunt tiger and hugged him. 'Don't make it anymore difficult than it is'" (choi 127).

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