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• becomes a neighbourhood hero after saving
Thao and due
• the end: sacrifices himself to safe the
Lor Family from the gang → tinds peace
in his death
Thao Vang Lor:
• about 10, does not 90 to school, gets a
10 at a construction site later
• grew up in a female dominated household,
Hmong gitfriend (youa)
• bern in the us but Asian roots and traditional
family
• doesn't care about 'womer's work' (e.c. dishes)
• through walt he succed in dong 'man's worti
• character traits: 3hy, Polite, hard-woreing,
selt-conscious, insecure (easy to push around)
• harassed by the Asian Gang pressured to
join through cousin Fong, he refuses
• torn between two worlds of white America
and traditional Hmong culture
• is happy that walt lets him to help → thes
become friends → walt like a nole model to
Thao, he learns a lot from him → brust
→ father-son-relationship