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A girl whom Loung and Chou befriend while gathering water from a stream in the Vietnamese displaced peoples camp. Like Chou, Pithy is quiet and meek. The Khmer Rouge also took her father away, so she lives with her mother and brother and meets Chou and Loung each morning to gather firewood. Pithy is sitting next to Loung when a bomb hits the abandoned warehouse where villagers have taken shelter from a Khmer Rouge attack, killing her. Loung describes the gory horror of seeing Pithy’s head smashed in, as well as the subsequent anguish of Pithy’s mother and brother.
Pithy Quotes in First They Killed My Father
The First They Killed My Father quotes below are all either spoken by Pithy or refer to Pithy. 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 24
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One by one, people return to their homes, leaving me standing there alone, staring at the corpse. My mind plays back images of my parents' and sister's murders. Again my heart tears open as I stand there and wonder how they died. Quickly, I push the sadness away. The slumped over corpse reminds me of Pithy in her mother’s arms. Pithy’s head bled in much the same way. His death will not bring any of them back.
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Pithy Quotes in First They Killed My Father
The First They Killed My Father quotes below are all either spoken by Pithy or refer to Pithy. 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:
).
Chapter 24
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One by one, people return to their homes, leaving me standing there alone, staring at the corpse. My mind plays back images of my parents' and sister's murders. Again my heart tears open as I stand there and wonder how they died. Quickly, I push the sadness away. The slumped over corpse reminds me of Pithy in her mother’s arms. Pithy’s head bled in much the same way. His death will not bring any of them back.
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