Blog Post #11

When Heaven and Earth Changed Places/ Le Ly Hayslip

By- Ava Daniels

Le Ly Hayslip was from the village in Quang Nam Province who came from a traditional Buddhist family. Throughout this excerpt, a lot of things happen and take place having to do with war, troops, honor, and more. I think that an important turning point was when Le Ly Hayship risked her life and showed extreme levels of bravery after "crossing through the enemy column to find a place to give her signal" (364). Because of this, Hayshlip was honored with a song called Song For Sister Ly that was to be taught to the children in the village. She was also assigned to teach the children how to serve the fighters that protect them. Shortly after this, another event takes place that is nowhere near as positive as the first. Le Ly Hayslipand her family were forced to go into hiding in their bunker after the village was under attack by troops. When the troops had left, half of the village was in flames and the people of the village needed help. As Hayslip is helping care for children whose parents could no longer look after them, one child looks at her and begins to sing the song that was dedicated to her. My personal interpretation of this was that he was very grateful for her help and even at a young age could recognize what Le Ly Hayslip had done to help the village as well as her sacrifices. 

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