Brother Quang- doesn't sorta wanna leave, Hes asked to leave college, calls Kim Ha "Ha Ma", is the oldest studying engineering, started night school, makes his mother sewing machine.

Brother Vu- doesn't wanna do collage, likes to cook, wants to become a chef,

looking to go to a cooking school, likes to show off his muscles wasn't too hard to adjust to American culture

Brother Khoi-likes animals, wants to study them, going to become a doctor of pets, looking for an American chick, focusing on school, gets called names, calls Kim Ha mothers tail.

Mother- try's very hard, focuses on her kids, has deep conversations with Kim Ha a lot of the time and still hopes for their father to come back even though she knows he wont, doesn't like saigon's president/leader.

Father- got kidnapped, has been gone for 10 years, has uncle give mother a note, keeps them hoping, pernouced dead.

Mrs washington- neighbors, boards the boat, brings a chicken on the boat gives Kim ha a present from mother on the boat its a doll

The cowboy- is their sponsor, looks like an american should, pig bellied, smokes cigars, red in the face ,has a wife, lives by tall grass, just a cowboy.

Mrs scott- has her own rules, is a teacher, helps kids, understands Kim Ha's trauma and experience, makes Kim Ha learn and memorize a new word each day.

Pink boy-