Chapter 6: A Question of Faith
"For the first time in my life I thanked fate or luck or god for the American...dragonflies that had previously brought so much terror into my life" (172). Le Ly was walking by herself at dark when she was caught by some men who were looking to cause trouble. Thankfully, a helicopter came over and scared the men away. Throughout this part of the book the setting was making it look as if Le Ly's situation was hopeless and that the men were going to get away with taking advantage of her. I think even Le Ly thought that she was doomed. However, this whole chapter seems to have the central idea that good things can come from unpromising situations. Le Ly was about to have her son and she was kicked out of many houses because of it. She was once again unhappy and did not have a place to call home. However, a little while later she was blessed with her son, and all that unhappiness was now replace with joy. John Milton once said that "Every cloud has a silver lining". This means that something good can come from any bad situation. I think Le Ly in this chapter is a perfect example of this.
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