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Forgiveness in Life
Forgiveness, tolerance, and family network are the traits that can be gained through time and experience. People constantly try to find opportunities to know more of and develop these qualities. An individual's situations, regardless of severity, can teach them to have more of this. In Le Ly Hayslip's "When Heaven and Earth Changed Places", the author Le Ly learned how to develop her tolerance and forgiveness in the horrors of war. In this story, she expressed her forgiveness and tolerance in harsh situations she went through.
In the first setting of the story, South Vietnamese soldiers restrained, kidnapped, and sent Le Ly to a nearby prison during an attack on her village. She was confined to a tiny prison after being interrogated and tortured. "The special gift of suffering, I have learned, is how to be strong while we are weak, how to be brave when we are afraid, how to be wise in the midst of confusion, and how to let go of that which we can no longer......

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