Where Sacrifice In Vinh Chung's Where The Wind Leads?
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Where The Wind Leads, by Vinh Chung, is a miraculous memoir about his family's ultimate sacrifice to escape the political prejudice in their native country of Vietnam. This inspiring memoir about one family's journey to freedom, teaches readers that success is born of great sacrifice, never the result of selfishness. Vinh Chung’s family demonstrates this by, “ Everything we once owned, everything we once were- it was all dropped in the ocean, and it rests with a derelict fishing boat at the bottom of the South China Sea. But we were rescued from that ocean, and though we lost a fortune, we found a greater treasure”(Chung 346). This quote represents the insight into the future of Vinh Chung’s parents. They were willing to risk the safety of