Johnny was ostracized in the neighborhood. Lots of kids refused to play with him because his father was an American pilot. Those years coincided with the Korean War, and it was hardly surprising that Johnny would get the cold shoulder when Chinese soldiers were fighting against the Americans in Korea.
在弄堂裡強尼是孤獨的，許多小朋友不願意和這個美國大兵的兒子玩耍，那時正逢「抗美援朝」，朝鮮戰場烽火連天，強尼受到冷落，是不奇怪的。