FTKMF: Post 5. B.

Out of all the sections, this fifth section was my favorite. This is so, because finally in this part, Loung and her living family are freed by the liberating army. In this fifth section I thought the way that Loung Ung thought of her freeing soldiers. Loung was very much confused of the way she should treat them. “I am not sure which one to tell my story to. I thought they were here to save us from the abuses of Pol Pot and not to hurt us.” (182) The betrayal that Young experienced with the Pol Pot army, changed the way she trusted people and one person she did not trust or listen to was her new “foster mother”. “With that little reminder from him, I know the foster mother is wrong about me. I do possess the one thing I need to make something of myself one day: I have everything my Pa gave me.” (183) The mistrust that Loung experienced while in the young adult camp under Pol Pot’s rule, forced this young girl to resort to her upbringing and the values that her mother and father had taught her. She used theses ideas and lessons to survive the cruel camp like environment. But Chou seems to not have caught onto this idea. “Chou is eleven and only three years older than me, but at times I feel much older than she is. It still amazes me how she can survive by being accepting and not fighting back.” (190)