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Chiko doesn’t have the choice to be educated because it was against the rule by the government.

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Father shouldn’t have crept out of house to help someone else because he then wouldn’t go to jail but he needs to safe someone life.

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Chiko

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Choice of education

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‘No harm in reading the government newspaper. There’s a notice —‘

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Daw widow and father

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‘Daw widow discovered why father was arrested. Someone had spotted him when he crept out from our house at night to treat a patient—an “enemy of the state”.

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Chiko’s mom felt that his dad is still alive, so she didn’t want Chiko to be a teacher because maybe the job for teacher is a trap because most Burma don’t speak English. Instead, Chiko’s mother want him to be a monk

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Right and wrong

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Won’t you change your mind and join the temple?

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Chiko and mom

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To be a teacher or a monk

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Daw widow remember that the dad was a doctor and the dad wanted  chiko to be a doctor also to help people

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“Teach?” Daw widow asks. “ your father wanted you to be a doctor, young man.”

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Daw widow and chiko

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Choice of what job to have

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What are you waiting for boy? Go! And be careful.

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Daw widow and Chiko

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Choice of freedom to go places

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Daw widow lets Chiko to go out of the house for the teacher’s examination by himself. Lei and everyone gave him some stuff like a picture of his father in the graduation photo. Then off he goes.

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The choice to be a teacher but got captured to be a soldier.

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‘“Sir”i say, “I came to take a teaching exam”.

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Chiko and the soldiers.

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Chiko wanted to take the teaching exam but as soon as he enter he was kicked in the jaws. The soldier told him to stand up as real soldier never fall back. Chiko have had got scammed by the news.

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‘We’re going to the military camp, he mutters, are you ready to be a soldier?’

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The choice of freedom.

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Chiko and the soldier.

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Chiko thought he was going to the teaching exam but the soldiers are actually sending him to the military camp to train him to be a soldier

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Choice to eat

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‘“I’m hungry,”somebody behind me calls. “When do we eat?” “Tomorrow,” answers the sergeant, receiving a loud groan in response.

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A hungry man and the soldier including the sergeant

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Chiko has reached the camp and there were some young boys. A man behind him said that he was hungry and the sergeant said that he can eat tomorrow. Water source from the river and each gets a longyi and a blanket. No stealing allowed.

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‘I don’t have parents’

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Chiko and Tai

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Choice of love

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Tai have no family except his sister and lives in the street. As he first meets Chiko, it felt like he had a family. He gets to rest in shelter.

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‘It is an honourable service, we take good care of you here, we have plenty to eat, and we’ll be sending money to your famillies’

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The sergeant, Win Min, Tai and Chiko

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Choice to get paid.

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Chiko have to survive 3 years in the military camp to go back home and he gets paid every one month.

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‘He’s balancing a bamboo pole across his bony shoulders. On either end of the ole, he’s tied slings out of the cloth he’s found somewhere. He’s hauling four blocks at a time, two on either end of the pole. And he isn’t sweating like the rest of us.

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Chiko, Tai and the other soldiers.

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Choice to learn

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Tai have a fascinating strategy to carry the blocks from the construction side. He used 2 bamboo pole to hold up the blocks easily.

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‘He even kickboxes two soldiers instead of one without anybody guessing I’ve missed my turn. Both times he’s flat on the ground within moments.’

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Tai

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Choice to be strong

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Tai kickboxed two soldiers instead of one, this can make us know that Tai is really really strong.

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‘ “Don’t hurt him!” ‘

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Tai, Chiko and the sergeant

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Choice to protect a good friend

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Chiko knows that Tai is escaping the camp and wanted to lie to the sergeant that he doesn’t know anything. As soon as Chiko gets beaten up, Tai came in the way and revealed himself telling the sergeant to stop beating Chiko.

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‘ “I’m not bad,” Tai gasps, wincing as he feels his ribs. “Nothing’s broken. What about you?” ‘

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Tai

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Choice to act.

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At the last chapter, Tai was beaten up for trying to escape. Fortunately, Tai is strong, nothing is broken, he is just fine. It was all an act.

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‘Am I hearing right? I must be, because Tai looks as astounded as I am’

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Chiko, Tai, and sergeant

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Choice to be tired of punishment.

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Chiko is really tired of the punishment. This is their third time caryying the rocks.

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‘ Win Min, irritated that we’ve somehow managed to outfox his “Father,” takes special pains to make us work hard. He rigged an obstacle course and runs us through it six times.

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Chiko and Win Min

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Choice to get scammed

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Win Min rigged the construction course for Chiko and Tai, making them to carry the rocks six times

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‘ “Tell me exactly what happened” ‘

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U-Tha-Din, Tai, and Chiko.

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Choice to feel suspicious.

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U-Tha-Din feels suspicious on how the two buffalos were out of their homes. So, U-Tha-Din ask Chiko exactly what happened

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‘ “I’ll be fine, Chiko. It’s only three days. Two nights. Stay out of trouble while I’m gone.” ‘

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Tai and Chiko

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Choice to be in prison.

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Tai was sent to prison for using the buffaloes without the farmer’s permission.

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‘ I list the names and ages of nine workers on the blank piece of paper attached to the clipboard. Dividing us into three groups, I balance the younger boys with the older ones. Although it seems like I’m ordering them around, the others don’t mind. They see that my plan is fair. ‘

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Chiko and Sergeant

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Choice on who should do what

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Chiko wrote the names of nine worker on the construction. Showing that he could write. Which makes the sergeant more suspicious.

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‘Film in the gym’

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Chiko, Tai, Sergeant and the other soldiers.

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The sergeant wanted everyone to watch this movie about the burmese army long ago. But this movie was clearly made up by U-Tha-Din’s propaganda.

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The choice of what the should watch

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‘ “You? Eat fast? Now that’s going to be hard” ‘

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Chiko and Tai

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Choice on how fast he should eat

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Tai told Chiko that he is going to eat fast but Chiko thinks it is hard because maybe Chiko eats slowly to make sure every bit of it is eaten.

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‘ I filch bits of paper from the sergeant’s clipboard for Tai’s reading lessons. ‘

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Chiko and Tai

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The choice on how he learns

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Chiko is teaching Tai to read by using the sergeant’s clipboard.

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‘ Hastily i tuck the picture into my pocket, fasten the button and blow out the lamp. ‘

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Chiko and Tai

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The choice on what they should keep secret

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Chiko quickly hides the picture of lei back in to his pocket, trying to keep it secret.

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‘ I twist out my his grip. “Okay, okay! There’s enough light p. Here — use the back of this envelope.” ‘

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Chiko and Tai

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Choice to study hard for a quiz

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Chiko wanted to sleep but Tai wants a test for the English he had learned.

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‘ “I don’t know how they vanished from the barracks without waking me up” ‘

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Chiko and some people

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Choice to escape

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2/3 of people escaped the barracks at night without leaving a trace or sound.