Pa by Alice Pedder https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa “Pa is everything a good father could be: kind, gentle and loving” en-us 2018-06-07 03:54:23 UTC 2025-11-03 11:02:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Removelove.png kind and gentle father https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136433 2018-06-14 04:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136433 Religious https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136435 "He left home and went to live in a Buddhist temple to get away from his violent home, further his study, and eventually became a monk."]]> 2018-06-14 04:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136435 "One by one, Pa scoops up some rice and gives us a piece of bone. When it is my turn, he gives me the piece with the most meat on it, the breastbone." https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136480 2018-06-14 04:20:24 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136480 Hero https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136494 2018-06-14 04:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136494 "It was an accident" Pa tells Ma and smile at me - Loung https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136497 He is very kind, nice and gracious, he also adores Loung very much]]> 2018-06-14 04:20:38 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136497 He was a very astute man because he knew what would happen to him and his family if they revealed their identities. https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136504 2018-06-14 04:20:43 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136504 True love https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136541 "Ma saw that he was kind, strong,and handsome, and eventually fell in love with him"
" Pa took one look at Ma and was immediately smitten.]]> 2018-06-14 04:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136541 " The balcony is a special place because it's where Pa and I often have important conversations" https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136592 2018-06-14 04:21:42 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136592 "I believe everything Pa tells me" - Loung https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136613 Pa is a very honorable father from Loung's point of view.]]> 2018-06-14 04:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136613 Love each other https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136615 "he left the monastery to marry her." "And stil after they were refused by her parents, they ran away and eloped.]]> 2018-06-14 04:21:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136615 "Pa says gently to me . My feet drag my body cautiously toward his open arms." https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136616 2018-06-14 04:22:00 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136616 Sacrificing - He sacrificed himself for the goods of his family. https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136689 "We survive this period because Pa is friendly with the chief" "Pa lies and tells the chief that he was only a shopkeeper, that he found the jewellery in the deserted house."]]> 2018-06-14 04:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136689 "Pa is a very nice man, someone who's always willing to help others, [no one] would not want to hurt him" https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136702 Page 23]]> 2018-06-14 04:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136702 https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136747 " Pa was born in 1931 in Tro Noun, a small, rural village in the Kampong Cham province.]]> 2018-06-14 04:23:23 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136747 Don't want to lose wife. https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136775 Once gamble and almost lost the house.Ma said that if he did again she would leave him.]]> 2018-06-14 04:23:46 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136775 "Pa reminds me of a teddy bear, soft and big" - Loung https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136788 Pa reminds Loung of warmthness and home-like]]> 2018-06-14 04:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136788 "well, it means...It's hard to explain. Ask Pa later" https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136789 2018-06-14 04:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136789 Ma and Pa enjoy taking us to the noodle shop in the morning before Pa goes off to work. https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136821 2018-06-14 04:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136821 "pa is loved for his generous heart" https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136843 2018-06-14 04:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136843 He is a devout Buddhist because he used to be a monk. https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136890 2018-06-14 04:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136890 https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136983 "Pa worked undercover and posed as a civilian to gather information for the government.]]> 2018-06-14 04:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267136983 Courageous https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137012 He showed a brave face to his family before he was taken away by the soldiers.
"Opposite the soldiers, Pa straightens hiss shoulders, and for the first time since the Khmer Rouge takeover, he stands tall" ]]> 2018-06-14 04:26:29 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137012 "Pa never forgot what it was like to be poor, and as a result, he takes time to help many others in need." https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137033 Page 16]]> 2018-06-14 04:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137033 "he takes time to help people in need. people truly respected and like him." https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137046 2018-06-14 04:26:51 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137046 "Most Sundays after we've finished our homework , Pa rewards us by taking us swimming at the club." https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137047 2018-06-14 04:26:51 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137047 "Pa has told me in the past that I am blessed with a gifted imagination and he likesthe strories I tell' https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137097 2018-06-14 04:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137097 "Suddenly he surprises me and picks me up off the ground. His arms tight around me, Pa holds me and kisses my hair." https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137112 2018-06-14 04:27:31 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137112 He was a quick thinking man and always knows what to say and do in many tricky situations. https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137171 "They must lie and tell everyone that they are orphans and don't know who their parents are.This way, maybe, we can keep them safe from the soldiers and from exposing one another"]]> 2018-06-14 04:28:18 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137171 Pa says https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137185 "Loung is too smart and clever for people to understand"]]> 2018-06-14 04:28:30 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137185 "Pa is loved for his generous heart" https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137187 2018-06-14 04:28:31 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137187 "Pa has told me in the past that i am blessed with a gifted imagination and he likes the story i tell" https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137206 2018-06-14 04:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137206 "What I love most about Pa is the way he smiles not only with his mouth but also with his eyes." https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137282 2018-06-14 04:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137282 "Maybe some rats got into it and stole some (rice)." https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137321 Even-though he knew it was Loung who stole the rice he didn't blame her or complain about her.]]> 2018-06-14 04:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137321 "Pa walks over to Keav and takes a ball of sticky rice out of the pot she is carryin. He comes over to me and hands me the food." https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137398 2018-06-14 04:30:53 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137398 Worked for Lon Nol unwillingly https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137407 "he did not want to join but had to, or he would risk being persecuted, branded a traitor, and perhaps even killed."]]> 2018-06-14 04:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137407 https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137565 "I believe him. I believe everything Pa tells me."]]> 2018-06-14 04:32:47 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137565 I don't undert https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137582 2018-06-14 04:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137582 I don't understand this, but I like the smile he gives me https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137601 2018-06-14 04:33:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137601 "He reaches down and puts his hand on top of my head" https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137617 2018-06-14 04:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137617 https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137623 while he was still a monk he fell in love with Loung's mother.]]> 2018-06-14 04:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137623 Wise https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137659 Pa was well educated, being born in a "well-to-do" family. He is well educate and used to have a high profile job.]]> 2018-06-14 04:33:45 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137659 "The fact that she gets herself in and out of these situations gives me hope. I see them as clear signs of her cleverness." Pa always defends me - to everybody. https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137694 2018-06-14 04:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137694 'I tug at pa's trousers.' https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137738 2018-06-14 04:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137738 "I trust Pa and believe him." https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137908 2018-06-14 04:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137908 Pa walks over to Keav and takes a ball of sticky rice out of the pot she is carrying. He comes over to me and hands me the food. https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137930 Third day of waling, Loung is hungry so she asking Pa for food even though they're not much left.]]> 2018-06-14 04:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137930 " He often says that people just don't understand how cleverness works in a child and that all these troublesome things I do are actually signs of strength and intelligence." https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137945 2018-06-14 04:37:02 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137945 "I miss his hugs and how he used to make me laugh at old Chinese stories." https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137947 2018-06-14 04:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267137947 "Pa took care of Ma and us in every ways." https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138111 2018-06-14 04:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138111 "Gripping Pa's finger even tighter, my heart races as the soldier checks the pot." https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138144 2018-06-14 04:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138144 https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138228 "In Phnom Penh, we had live-in housekeepers to do just about everything for us. Pa was our strength and we all needed him to survive."]]> 2018-06-14 04:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138228 Caring https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138272 Even when he's about to die, he still makes sure that there will be someone to take care of his family. "Pa stoops down and lay both hands on Kim's shoulders... 'Look after your ma, your sisters, and yourself'"]]> 2018-06-14 04:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138272 He's calm ans strong https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138286 During the chapter "Pa", as everyone was down and sad, he stay strong for his children even though he's going to get killed.
EXAMPLE:
"As Kim's face crumbles, Pa's face is rigid and calm"
"[I was] hoping he will turn around and wave back. He never does."

Page 128,129]]> 2018-06-14 04:40:27 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138286 " Loung is too smart and clever for people to understand," Pa says and winks at me. https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138325 2018-06-14 04:40:42 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138325 Kind https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138332 " I know he thinks someone in our family has stolen the rice" "Maybe some rats got into it and stole some"]]> 2018-06-14 04:40:46 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138332 "Pa gently cleans my face with his hand, then takes the rice pot from me and says I only have to carry myself for the rest of the trip." https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138435 2018-06-14 04:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138435 "A long time ago Pa told me that April is a very lucky moth." https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138486 2018-06-14 04:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138486 " You'll have to ask pa that," she replied (ma https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138526 Later that evening out on the balcony, I asked Pa about the bombs dropping in the countryside. He told me that..."]]> 2018-06-14 04:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138526 My heart pounds quickly against my chest, but I say nothing and lean against Pa's leg https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138609 2018-06-14 04:43:41 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138609 "We survive this period because Pa is friendly with the chief https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138660 2018-06-14 04:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138660 "Pa's favourite child stole from in the family https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138737 2018-06-14 04:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138737 "He's my pa, and if he says that he will find me, I know he will. https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138838 2018-06-14 04:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138838 My heart is sick at the thought that someone actually tried to hurt Pa https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138848 2018-06-14 04:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138848 Forgiving https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138887 He was never mad at anyone, he forgave Luang for stealing the rice.]]> 2018-06-14 04:46:25 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138887 "it was during our trip to Angkor Wat that i first thought Pa was a god. https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138923 2018-06-14 04:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138923 Comforting https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138941 "He reaches down and puts his hand on top of my head. It stays there as if protecting me from the sun and the soldiers"]]> 2018-06-14 04:47:11 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138941 "A long time ago, Pa told me people should be good not because they afraid of getiing caught but because bad karma will follow them throgh thier life time." https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138946 2018-06-14 04:47:14 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138946 "I remember clutching tightly to Pa's finger as we walked along wide crumbling corridors https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138950 2018-06-14 04:47:17 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138950 " in a country called America it is not that way" -shows that Pa is educated https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138965 2018-06-14 04:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267138965 cautious https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267139016 2018-06-14 04:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267139016 Used to be poor https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267139109 "Pa never forgot what it was like to be poor as a result, he takes time to help many others in need.]]> 2018-06-14 04:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267139109 Comparing Meng to Pa https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267139148 "Like Pa, he is very soft-spoken, gentle,a and giving."]]> 2018-06-14 04:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267139148 I go to a lot of films and because of who Pa is, the cinema owner lets us kids in for free. When Pa goes with us he always insists we pay for our ticket. https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267139166 2018-06-14 04:49:12 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267139166 "Pa is everything a good father could be; kinf, gentle and loving" https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267139169 2018-06-14 04:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267139169 "Pa never forgot what is was like to be poor and as a result, he takes time to help many others in need. People truly respect and like him." https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267139218 2018-06-14 04:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267139218 Loves his family https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267139279 Even in his final moments, he still "prays... for the gods to take care of us... bringing up our faces one by one"]]> 2018-06-14 04:50:39 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267139279 Hard worker https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267139365 "Pa works longer and harder than anyone else in the village]]> 2018-06-14 04:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267139365 "Pa said thaat dragons are the animals of the gods, if not gods themsleves." https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267139374 2018-06-14 04:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267139374 "Being a Buddhist, Pa believes in visions, energy fields, seeing people's aura,and things other people might view as superstitious." https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267139427 2018-06-14 04:52:21 UTC https://padlet.com/alicep5/AnalysingPa/wish/267139427