At the beginning I didn’t know, but once I found out it made me dig a little bit more into The Communist Revolution in China. It made me thankful of the blessing of being born in USA.
Knowing that the book was based on Eve Chung’s grandmother made the book even more poignant and believable.
Yes, I read a lot of memoirs and truly believe that truth is often stranger than fiction. For a book like this, it erased doubts I may have had about how things occurred and how people survived. I think knowing real people survived ordeals like this is always more inspiring than pure fiction.
His motivation was to save himself and be an obedient son. It was not clear whether he was aware of the consequences of his actions on his wife and daughters.