Losing Love, Le Ly Hayslip, "When Heaven And Earth Changed Places"- TONE

Sau Ban is Le Ly's brother and he gets married in this chapter, but goes off to fight with the Viet Cong. Le Ly's TONE throughout this chapter is sad but tries to be hopeful for the future. She writes, ". . .I found I could not be alone without missing my brother terribly. When I sat outside in the evening, his face was in the moon and his voice was in the rustling trees. When I did my chores, I felt his helping hand on my rake and heard his careless laugh in the calling birds. When I closed my eyes to go to sleep, I felt cold where my soul had been warmed by Sau Ban's sunny spirit"(155). Le Ly's TONE is so sad in this chapter because she misses her brother. It is hard to let a love one leave you when it comes to fighting in a war. This is still common is our culture because loved ones leave everyday to go fight for our freedom. It is hard to let them go and you miss them terribly when they are gone, but they will always be with you when they are gone. Le Ly shows us this with hows she reacts when he brother is gone. This reaction is normal for most people too when a loved one has left them. You feel like you are losing love in your life because they are gone.