- The film starts out in 1990
- Binh is noticeably different from everyone else in the village, both in size and treatment
- Binh’s grandmother tells him that his mother is still alive
- Binh makes his way to Saigon
- Binh starts searching for his mother at her old place of work
- Binh finds his mother working in a mansion as a servant
- Binah and his mother finally reunite
- Binh gets a job working in the mansion
- The Lady of the House slips on water in the house while Mai and Binh are cleaning, causing her to hit her head and die
- Mai sends Binh and Tam away to Houston to be with their father
- Binh lets Tam play on the beach once they reach the shore in Malaysia
- Binh gets questioned by immigration
- A Chinese man in the camp tells Binh that he either had to dig his way out or sell his body
- Ling tells Binh that she’s from Pingyang
- Ling finds out when a boat leaves for America
- The Chinese man gets caught trying to escape and is killed inside the camp
- Long helps Binh and Tam escape the camp and gives them $2,000
- All of them end up escaping together
- On the boat, their price for passage rises to $8,000
- Binh is forced to sign a slave contract so everyone can stay
- Binh gets saved from a fight
- Binh catches a fish off the side of the ship for himself
- Three passengers die from the storm
- The Captain kills and disposes of the Businessman’s body
- Tam gets sick and passes away on the ship
- Binh wins a gamble
- Binh and Ling finally make it off the boat
- Binh makes it to Chinatown, New York
- Binh mails a letter to his mother
- Binh tries to keep Ling out of the red light lounge
- Binh goes on a date with Ling and her boyfriend to meet him
- Binh says goodbye to Ling
- Binh learns during a game of poker that he could have flown to America for free
- Binh hitchhikes to Houston
- Binh finds his father’s old address
- Steve’s ex-wife helps direct him to Sweetwater
- Binh finds his father, who has gone blind
- Binh and Steve work together on the ranch
- Steve tells him that he has good memories of Vietnam
- Steve tells Binh how he became blind
- Steve says that he never returned due to his blindness
~ by Angelica Perez on May 24, 2019 . Tagged: Assignment, In-Class Writing
