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Despite her situation, Fon expresses care for everyone's well-being, insisting on sharing whatever food she finds, demonstrating a stark contrast to how she is treated at home. The narrative emphasizes the brutality of her reality as it intertwines with moments of hope and fleeting kindness.
Struggles for Identity and Belonging
Upon discovering her father's fate—that he had died but the family chose to hide this distressing news—Fon begins to grapple with her identity as an orphan. She is haunted by whispers of being a "jinx," forcing her to question why her existence seems to bring suffering to her loved ones. Her environment, wrought with neglect and hunger, drives her to seek acceptance and love in the only ways she knows how—through hard work and selflessness.