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Meng’s wife, who was away at school during the purge of Phnom Penh. After she and Meng marry in Bat Deng, Eang learns that most of her family escaped to Vietnam and are alive and well. She and Meng then smuggle Loung to a Thai refugee camp. Eang is kind and motherly to Loung. Upon learning that they will be moving to America, for example, she takes Loung to buy fabric for a new dress in celebration. The dress has red in its pattern, helping Loung fulfill her dream of replacing the red dress the Khmer Rouge destroyed. In Vermont, Eang works with Meng at IBM.
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The First They Killed My Father quotes below are all either spoken by Eang or refer to Eang. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 27
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Then I lift and smooth my dress once again before laying it down carefully, making sure it will not be wrinkled tomorrow. I am sad thinking I have finally replaced the other red dress that the soldier burned. This is my first dress in five years, and tomorrow I will wear it and show off to everyone. Before the giggles can escape my lips, a feeling of sadness pushes them down. Staring at the dress I realize it will never be the dress Ma made for me. They are both gone.
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Eang Quotes in First They Killed My Father
The First They Killed My Father quotes below are all either spoken by Eang or refer to Eang. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 27
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Then I lift and smooth my dress once again before laying it down carefully, making sure it will not be wrinkled tomorrow. I am sad thinking I have finally replaced the other red dress that the soldier burned. This is my first dress in five years, and tomorrow I will wear it and show off to everyone. Before the giggles can escape my lips, a feeling of sadness pushes them down. Staring at the dress I realize it will never be the dress Ma made for me. They are both gone.
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