When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: Ch. 2 Fathers and Daughters

As I moved into reading the second chapter, Le Ly is forced into the war. The Viet Cong and Republicans begin to fight in her village, Ky La, forcing Le Ly to act as an ally to both sides of the war. Le Ly has an encounter with  Americans while she was tending the water buffalo in the fields. Le Ly described the helicopters sound with a simile that the helicopter made a sound "like a tiger growling in a cave, the hollow noise became a roar" (43). Le Ly became a hero in her town for being so brave when the Americans stepped out of the helicopter.

Le Ly, along with other children from her village, attends secret meetings of the Viet Cong to help the Viet Cong against the Republicans. One night, when Le Ly was out at dark, which was illegal, Republicans came into the village with plans to bombard. Le Ly slipped into a trench that reminded me of the trenches from World War I. In the World War I, trench war-fare was prevalent and used throughout the war, especially for the Western Front. In my World Civilization Class last year, my friends and I went to the war memorial and museum downtown to take pictures in the mock trench for extra credit.