and then rose to his feet "Do you want to know what I think? I think you are becoming more American every day! You have no respect for me and your hero is a useless man with no convictions!" Lectured my father; I thought his eyes were going to pop out.Je je stood up to say "you are nothing but a Communist set in the Old Country's way!" she got up from the table and stormed off to our room. I sat, stunned, what had just happened? Later in my life I found out that Baba and je je were having many conflicts of interest. Almost on a daily basis, this one was the last one, the last time I would ever see my whole family together. I ran to my room, to find my sister throwing clothes into a pillowcase. "J e je, what are you doing?" I knew exactly what she was doing."I am leaving for a little while." She said Cooley"Where are you going?"She paused, and looked hesitant than said "I am going underground with the movement, there is going to be a protest tonight."My eyes welled up with tears, "No, je je don’t go, don’t leave me! It’s too dangerous, Baba didn’t mean it!" I pleaded, but she only half smiled and said, "Remember what I told you, and remember why I am doing this," she walked out of my room, and out of my life.I could not sleep that night, I didn’t know what my je je was talking about all; I knew that the underground movement was made of primarily of young students calling for a change in China’s education system. Who knew what all these young adults were going to do, I didn’t care, and all I wanted was for my je je to be safe. The next day I woke up in a daze, the house was calm like just after a storm. Mamma kept to her sewing while Baba went about on his way, reading his paper and drinking cha. I said nothing to them and I walked out of the flat and started on my way to school. I began to think of about a way I could contact my sister, just to keep in touch; so I’d know she was okay. I co...
