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What I like about the book “Vietnamerica” is that it is about the Vietnamese families and how they were impacted. In the book the main character, GB, is being told the story about how his dad grew up. I enjoy how the author illustrates this.

In the book he is being told the story by his dad's mom Ming li and  he asks about his dad. As the story goes on mi g li tells him that his mom and dad got married young and were struggling to raise him during the war. GBs uncle, Do, gets put into a working camp for POW and is there for many years. Later Do gets released and they flee the war zone. GB asks about how the war ended and Ming li explains how the war ended and that GBs dad didn’t fight in it.

I think this relates to real life because people feel like hey did something bad and they focus too much on that then on the future and what lies ahead. I also think that people need to look at how they can impact the future instead of feeling bad about the past. This is what happens in the book. GBs dad is always sad and is down on himself instead of trying to fix his relationship with his son.