"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."-- Mahatma Gandhi

Chapter Twelve: Finding a Familiy and Chapter Thirteen: Finding Peace

Term: Genre

        This book is a memoir, and a memoir is a literary genre.  It is a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and is based on personal observation. The author, Le Ly, knew that hating people who had wronged her only kept her in their power.  She realized that "forgiving them and thanking them for the lesson they had taught me, on the other hand, set me free to continue on my way".  The purpose of this quote is to show how strong forgiveness is.  Forgiving people allows a person to move on and not hold a grudge.  Le Ly learned how to forgive people who did her wrong.  She learned valuable lessons from the people who hurt her and was able to thank them for that.   In the movie, The Last Song, a teenage girl finds it hard to forgive her father who left her family a few years back.  However, she learns from that experience and is finally able to forgive her father.  They are then able to form a strong relationship with eachother.  Forgiving her father allowed her to be able to move on and become a better person.