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1935 Viet Thanh Nguyenalone that Vivien had distributed on her first night in Saigon held six hundred-dollar bills for Mr. and Mrs. Ly, two of the same for Phuong, and one each for her brothers. %u201cAll the dinners and tickets? The trips to Da Lat and Vung Tau?%u201d%u201cIn America, they pay you extra when they fire you. Even receptionists get a nice check from big companies.%u201d Vivien fumbled in her purse as their cabin continued its descent. %u201cI also have credit cards. I don%u2019t mind spending money. I wanted to show you a good time. You%u2019ve never been anywhere.%u201dThe park%u2019s most prominent landmark loomed before them, a mountain painted an alluvial red, hollow and metallic. Photo %u00a9 Luisa Ricciarini/Bridgeman Images. %u00a9 2024 Banco de M%u00e9xico Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New YorkIn The Two Fridas, Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907%u20131954) depicts a pair of women holding hands. Their hearts are visible, and they are connected not only by their hands but also by veins that stretch from one figure to the other. The woman on the left is wearing a Victorian outfit in European style, while the woman on the right is wearing traditional Mexican clothing.Do you think this painting better reflects the relationship between Phuong and Vivien, or the changes in Phuong%u2019s own understanding of herself and her place in the world as the story progresses? What elements do you think would be in a painting inspired by %u201cFatherland%u201d called The Two Phuongs?Copyright %u00a9 Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. Distributed by Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. For review purposes only. Not for redistribution.