The pilot of the boat that takes Thi Bui’s family to safety. When their boat runs aground on an island in the Mekong Delta and is nearly caught by a government patrol, Mr. Châu jumps overboard to try and unstick the boat. He ends up doing this and hiding onshore for hours, and when he returns, he is in complete shock and unable to continue serving as the boat’s captain. In a moment of heroism, Bố takes over this duty.
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Mr. Châu Character Timeline in The Best We Could Do
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Chapter 7: Heroes and Losers
...and gets stuck. There are police boats nearby, so everyone worries about drawing their attention. Mr. Châu , the boat’s pilot, swims away to try and unstick the boat. Meanwhile, the other...
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But Mr. Châu is traumatized and incapable of piloting the boat, so the adults decide that Bố should...
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