Jungha Park

Jung ha

English 7

3 October 2019

Chiko’s Promise

When his father was taken away by Burmese soldier, his father said to Chiko “Take care

of your mother. Chiko!” (p.6) After his dad was taken away, Chiko took good care of his mother

until Burmese soldiers took him away. Since he is not next to his mother anymore, the only thing

he could do is sending money and letters to his house saying that he is alive. I think Chiko, the Commented [1]: delete

main character from Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins had kept his promise. At the beginning of Commented [2]: Good, clear topic sentence.

the book, Chiko thinks that he didn’t keep his promise and all he did was “hide” (p.6) and that

was not good for his family. But later, Chiko unluckily became a soldier. Chiko was worried he

won’t be able to keep the promise with his father to “take care of mother” (p. 56). But when

Chiko heard that he gets monthly pay and he can send money to home, he was happy because he

will be “able to take care of mother, just as father said”

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know when he might die. Also, Chiko got more frustrated because he couldn’t take care of his

mother. Later, when Chiko finds out that he could send money to his mother, he was very glad

that he was able to keep his promise with his dad. These examples so you how Chiko really tried

his best to keep his promise with his dad. He sends money to his mother and cares about if he

dies, he wouldn’t able to keep his promise. Without Chiko sending money, Chiko won’t able to

keep his promise and his mother will be in a dangerous situation. In the end, Chiko was able to

go back home because Karenni people saved him and helped him go back to his home. The main
idea of this was to show how Chiko really tries and cares about his promise to take care of his

mother. He did a great job of taking care of his mother.