Analysis Of The Short ' Saving Sourdi ' By May Lee Chai

The Cambodian Genocide was the result of imperialism, ethnic supremacy, ultra-nationalism, anti-colonialism, a power grab, and religion. It began with the Cambodian people struggling against French colonization and grew in inspiration from Vietnam (end genocide). The French believed that Cambodia was a gateway into China to expand their trade with Southeast Asia. The French occupied southern Vietnam and wanted to expand their territory. There were many civil wars and invasions in Cambodia fought between the Vietnamese and Thai, and it greatly affected Cambodia. While the French did help Cambodia become independent and grew their infrastructure, while exploiting Cambodian labor, they failed to educate Cambodian people and establish a solid and effective judiciary system (Cambodia tribunal). Thus began their feelings of anti-colonialism. During the Vietnam War, the U.S. used Cambodia as a base to regroup, but also bombed the country to kill suspected Viet Cong targets. This began their feelings of imperialism and ultra-nationalism. The Khmer Rouge began feeling great animosity towards the West for their influenced corruption to Cambodian land and its people. Between January and August of 1973, 300,000 Cambodians were killed by American bombers that had joined forces with Lon Nol, head of the Khmer Republic.

Their population today is around 7,000,000 people who are mostly Buddhists. At the center of the ancient kingdom of Khmer is its capital city, Angkor. In 1953, all of the power was handed to Prince Sihanouk but he was overthrown by his own Lieutenant-General Lon Nol in 1970. Lon Nol was made president of the new Khmer Republic and Prince Sihanouk and all of his followers joined forces with a communist guerrilla group known as the Khmer Rouge soon after the civil war started. The actions of the Khmer Rouge which was actually “genocide” began shortly after they got power from Lon Nol in 1975. The article on the Cambodian Genocide also says the genocide lasted until the Khmer Rouge got overthrown by the Vietnamese in 1978. The genocide itself self-destructed from a harsh climate of political and social turmoil. The atmosphere of the general unrest in Cambodia arose during the French decolonization of Southeast Asia in the early 1950s and continued to devastate the region until the late 1980s. Under Prince Sihanouk, Cambodia had remained neutral during the war by giving support to both sides. The Viet Cang was allowed to use the ports and the U.S. was allowed to bomb Viet Cong hideouts in Cambodia. The allowed U.S. troops to roam freely in and out of Cambodia while battling with the Viet Cang. For the Next four years American led B-52 bomb attacks to destroy suspected North Vietnamese forces. Around 156,000 Cambodians died

In the late 70’s, nearly 2 million Cambodians died of overwork, starvation, torture, and execution in what became known as the Cambodian genocide. A group known as the Khmer Rouge took control of the country in April 1975. Over the course of

The Cambodian Genocide happened between 1975 and 1979 in Cambodia where the Khmer Rouge, a guerrilla group, over threw the government and started a regime to bring Cambodia back to year zero . The Khmer Rouge called this the Democratic Republic of Kampuchea . Their aim was to purify society from the influence of the west, and to create a communist country . The Khmer Rouge started this by destroying what was left of the old society and executing the wealthy, educated and military people. They banned all outside languages and religion. An estimated figure of 1.7 million Cambodians where killed during this period by the Khmer Rouge .

Compare and Contrast the ways in which modern authors have re-imagined traditional narratives for their own purposes.

Knowing the historical context of a work is crucial to understanding both its general meaning and its deeper essence. Often times, authors use their works as outlets to freely express their personal feelings toward a social trend or issue. As such, the time in which a story is written can have a strong influence on the message the author is trying to convey to his or her reader. Their personal reflections can be asserted in many ways; among the most common being through the characters themselves and their development throughout the work, the setting, and the implied themes.

Cambodia is a small country of Southeast Asia, less than half the size of the state of California (“World Without Genocide: Cambodian Genocide”). The Cambodian government in the mid 1970’s was unstable as Lon Nol, the Cambodian prime minister, and his forces were being stretched dealing with conflicts of Vietnamese communists, and a rising group of Cambodian communists called the Khmer Rouge Party. (Peace Pledge Union) As the government grew weaker and began to loose control, The Khmer Rouge Party overthrew the country. They began killing for their cause in 1975. The Khmer Rouge Party, under the rule of a man called Pol Pot, enforced a new way of life following values and rules similar to Maoist-Communism (“World Without Genocide: Cambodian Genocide”). The Khmer Party attempted, in simplistic terms, to nationally centralize the middle or farming class of Cambodia (“World Without Genocide: Cambodian

To many Americans the Cambodian Genocide was the most unknown genocide that took place. Just like the catastrophic event known as the Rwandan Genocide, this genocide is also not known. The Khmer Rouge committed the same crimes. Some of their murderous methods were very similar. During this time the Khmer Rouge put local Cambodians in prison, hospitals, and some schools to be executed or just to stay there to slowly suffer and eventually die.

Introduction—include the title of your book, the name of the author, the central question, and a thesis statement, or position you will take in your essay.

In the short story “Saving Sourdi” it shocked me at first to know that some marriages are still arranged here today in America. I had to read the story back because to understand the struggle Nea and her family has from moving from the homeland to America trying to attain the American Dream. Nea’s and her sister had a great relationship while they were growing up but because Sourdi is older and more mature she harsh realities of the world before Nea. Nea is to young to understand such changes in the world because from a young age she was promised happiness but lost hope as she moved from place to place. Having a sister I can relate to Nea anxiously want to drive to her sister house in the middle of the night to make sure she is alright.

All stories consist of a few common structural elements found universally in myths, fairy tales, dreams, and movies. They are known collectively as The Hero’s Journey. Understanding these elements and their use in modern writing is the object of our quest. Used wisely, these ancient tools of the storytellers craft still have tremendous power to heal our people and make the world a better place (xxvii).

During this course, the ideas that were discussed were ideas that were influenced by either a historical, social political or economic conditions. Some other ideas that were discussed were influenced by many other beliefs, changes, or movements. Three examples that were influenced by literature or have an effect on “The Lottery”, “The Cask of Amontillado”, “Mexican Almuerzo in New England”. Many different stories and poems were influenced by many different aspects of the literature world. In literature to have a story or poem be good, the writer must have wanted to have their work influenced by or have their work affect people.

The Communist Party of Kampuchea, also known as the Khmer Rouge, took control of Cambodia on April 17, 1975, which lasted until January 1979. For their three-year, eight-month, and twenty-one day rule of Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge committed some of the most heinous crimes in current history. The main leader who orchestrated these crimes was a man named Pol Pot. In 1962, Pol Pot had become the coordinator of the Cambodian Communist Party. The Prince of Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk, did not approve of the Party and forced Pol Pot to flee to exile in the jungle. There, Pol formed a fortified resistance movement, which became known as the Khmer Rouge, and pursued a guerrilla war against Sihanouk’s government. As Pol Pot began to accumulate power,

In order to analyze the story it would help to have a guide on what is going to be explained in this paper. The first part of the paper talks about themes, some of these themes can be easily over looked since there is layer upon layers. The second part, will explain the use of tone that helps sets the stage, and the mood of the whole story. The use of imagery is present as well, for example the use of words like dry and wet, can be found when

The Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), known also as the Khmer Rouge, emerged from Cambodia 's difficulties living as a French colony. Throughout the 1940 's, the Cambodian communist movement was influenced by radical Vietnamese across the border. In the 1950 's, the Indochina War set the stage for CPK to grow stronger over the next two decades. What began as an outlying movement toward Communism, slowly formed into the radicalized force that later controlled a nation of people. The CPK took control of Cambodia on April 17, 1975 and created the Democratic Kampuchea in 1976. The CPK was kept a secret until 1977, and there was no way for anyone outside of the CPK to know who the party leaders were. Cambodia under the power of the Khmer Rouge suffered immensely. Policies enforced massacres, torture, and repression. Cambodia was turned into a massive detention center as well as a graveyard for almost two million people.