但我相信，一个人总有一天会熬出头，这是我当时的对策。

It was my strategy to believe that one day a man goes up, "he said."

新兵训练营那13周是我人生当中最痛苦的一段日子。但我最终熬出头，顺利毕业，并赢得了“海军陆战队员”这一称号。

Boot camp was the most painful 13 weeks of my life, but I suffered it out, graduated and earned the title "Marine."

主角在最糟的环境里生存下来，她经历过苦涩的背叛，也面对过小区里最恶劣的帮派份子，最后终于熬出头，在这个新文化里受到接纳和欢迎，成为其中的一份子。

The protagonist survives the worst odds, including bitter betrayal and the toughest gangs in her neighborhood, to become accepted and warmly received in this new culture she's found herself a part of.