Open Wounds, Le Ly Hayslip, "When Heaven And Earth Changed Places"-LITOTES

Le Ly was arrested in this chapter for the first time but not the last. She was arrested with others and torture. Le Ly uses LITOTES throughout this chapter to show how the she was a prisoners but lucky in some cases. Le Ly writes, "The ride to Don Thi prison was unpleasantly familiar. I prayed that my old tormentors would not be on duty when I arrived-especially Sergeant Hoa. I hoped I would be kept in the arrival area instead of the awful cages, and that my sister Ba's policeman husband could be summoned from Danang before I was called from interrogation. To my surprise all my wishes came true"(73-74). Le Ly is lucky in this case because she is not tortured so much when she is arrested this time. This statement tells you of some of the ways prisoners were treated during war times. This still happens in the world today and people often do not know about it. Being a prisoners during war is scary, but could be lucky at times too. Many average people suffered during the war times because of the evil that is around them.