them, instead of extracting the creativity and art in these girls, the camps force them to do what is considered best for them. Once they are done serving "time" the are released back into the concrete jungle. Searching for the life that they longed for, however with the skills they have learned, the only life they can live is one of poverty. The poverty and hopelessness weakens their mind and turns them back into a state of prostitution. A quote found in Nguyen-vo's work, "I get so sad/depressed/bored in the countryside. Every time I went back there, I could only stay for a few days and I just had to leave" (119). How can the government of Vietnam expect these girls to change when they are taught to live a tedious and wearisome life? They are forced to change from making a hundred dollars a night to maybe half a dollar a day. Surviving is just impossible, considering the amount of work they put in and the income it yields. In order to preserve their souls they create a theme for themselves. By reentering the "Pleasure Market", they truly believed that, "Sex was a service to be provided for a monetary price, and their female surrender to conquest was only a surface exchange" (Nguyen-vo, 116). Because of this idealism, tourist and many businessmen sought out for what was considered authentic "Vietnamese". In this case a "tropical night" behind the huts of Vietnam. The role that women play in the Vietnamese economy is critical. At this point we have discovered that women of the lower economic classes don't have it easy. In addition the social expectations of these young ladies are pretty much falsified. The claim is that they are put in camps and are taught "traditional" values and so on, but these girls are only being exploited for cheap (moreover, free) labor and when release they will return to the life they considered "Surviving" (prostitution). It is no surprise that "the garment industries, which employ ...
