Our unnamed narrator, who will escape without harm, is actually a Communist Party member and spy. Their confusion and fear parallel the chaotic conditions in which our narrator calmly picks and chooses who will leave and who must be strong as they are chosen to remain. Those fleeing are truly mourning but are fiercely proud of their country. 1968: Saigon falls to the enemy, and thousands of Vietnamese and Americans flock to escape as the military forces of Ho Chi Minh enter South Vietnam.
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