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The Orphan Master's Son
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Chapters 14-17Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Part 2: The Confessions of Commander Ga
Chapter 14 Summary
After his meeting with the Dear Leader, the new Ga returns home to Sun Moon. She cries when he talks with her, not because she is sad about her husband, but because she doesn’t understand what is happening: “You must be part of my husband’s plan, he must have sent you as some kind of stand-in—otherwise, his friends would have killed you” (244), she says.
Commander Ga hears the sound of a truck engine approaching, and realizes it is a crow—a Russian transport vehicle. Next door, Comrade Buc also hears the engine and calls for Ga, Sun Moon, and the children to come over. Instead, they head down the trap door to the tunnel beneath the house. Sun Moon is shocked to see that it goes nowhere. Instead of working on the tunnel, her husband had spent time down there with hundreds of DVDs.
Comrade Buc opens the trap door to the tunnel and tells Ga, Sun Moon and the kids that they must come over to his house. They comply. Buc’s family, dressed in white, is sitting at the dining room table, and they join them. Buc opens a can of Plus, gain access to 8,650+ more expert-written Study Guides. Including features:
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