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What happened to his mother's ring?

posted 14 years ago by lady-dinobug
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I read a post where someone said the young girl is wearing in while she is writing in the beginning of the film, in her old age.

I paused at the closeup of the rings she's wearing and the Chinaman's ring and they just don't look alike.

Did they just leave the ring on the floor?
Sell it?

If so, that's pretty messed up. In my opinion, the Chinaman was way too good a person for the girl. If only they had met later in life--maybe she would've been more mature and knew what a great guy she was getting.

Anyway, if anyone's read the book, and knows what happened to the ring, please let me know! =)

[–] AngelCake56FJS 14 years ago

If he was such a great guy he wouldn't have lured her to that sleazy motel and taken her virginity. If he was that great he would have gone against his fathers wishes and married her. Yeah the sex was consensual but it does not change the fact that she was the inexperienced underage teenager and he was a grown man. They didn't even use any contraception I bet if he knocked her up he would have taken her to a nasty butcher to abort the baby instead of marrying her. Anyways if I remember correctly the ring was sold to pay for her brothers trip to France.

[–] lady-dinobug 14 years ago

Aaah, I think you're right, now that I think about it. It was sold. Thank you

[–] rukmanir 14 years ago

Anyways if I remember correctly the ring was sold to pay for her brothers trip to France.

Once again .....not true. The Chinaman paid the older brother's debt and his passage to France. 1:31:13 on Netflix on Demand.

[–] lady-dinobug 14 years ago

So, if that's not it, do you know what happened?

I don't have Netflix.

[–] jville2 10 years ago

That's a pretty simplistic way of judging the man. If he had refused his father, he would have been unemployed and broke. He didn't believe that the girl wanted him even with his money. Imagine how she would react if he were broke!

[–] PoppyTransfusion 11 years ago

The last we see of the ring (in the film) was her throwing it at her mother to sell. It appears that the mother didn't sell the ring as the money she needed to quit Vietnam was paid for by the China man. So ... the ring remained in the girl's possession, presumably.

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