Sookan changes in many ways throughout the story when faced with the following situations grandpa's death leaving their home and crossing the railroad bridge. Grandpa died of the sadness of his tree being cut down. witch made sookan very sad she said on pg 40 “i felt like a different person”. It changed her by making her understand more about japanese cruelty.
They were sad because they had to leave there house and their lives. Sookan changes on pg 137 “no mother no money no passport i thought to myself”. She changed by learning to deal with it. She was scared because she had to cross a scary bridge. I was sure to fall into the water pg 163. She learned to resist fear .throughout grandpa's death leaving the house and crossing the railroad
