Most Memorable Moment

The most memorable moment is also the most important scene in this book. When Su-Jen woke up in the middle of the night to find that she was the only one in bed, I was thinking of many things, such as where is her mom? What is she doing? Following that, Su-Jen walked across the platform to find that her mother and her half brother together naked on his bed. That moment was not only weird to me but disgusted me. No one can bare the thought of seeing their parents participating in these activities, but to do it with someone else, and that someone else being your brother, was unbelievable.

However, as the reader, you shouldn't have been shocked. Leading up to this being discovered by Su-Jen, her mother and brother had already been spending time together, talking by the fire about how they disliked Su-Jen's father, and them gazing into each others eyes time and time again. Su-Jen's mother and father had families of their own before marrying each other because of the war, and after evaluating all these moments prior to any of this happened, Su-Jen's parents had not made and physical contact whatsoever and rarely even looked at each other. 

This moment had a huge influence on the entire story. Su-Jen's mother even got pregnant. In the end of the story Su-Jen finally understood that in the end through all this, her mother had given up everything so she could have a better future and the same would apply to her brother.