It was only after Icyang entered NTU and began talking to other Aboriginal students that he realized the injustice and unfairness to which Taiwan's indigenous peoples were subject.
為了掩藏自己原住民的身份，他在還沒有近視的時候，就配戴眼鏡，為的是遮掩那一雙深邃的大眼睛。進入台大就學後，在與其他原住民同學討論中，夷將才開始瞭解原住民所遭受的不公不義。