Alaysis of Krys Lee's 'Drifting House'

This chapter starts out about a young woman who was a prisoner from the middle east who stated, “If I talked about it, I would feel that it would happen again-here.” She was tortured both physically and mentally. Through all she has been through she finds it very difficult to even think about communicating to someone about it.

The 20th Century was an era marked by growing turmoil in the world stage. As countries fought for hegemony, it was often groups of people who were most affected by the political turbulence of the times. Throughout this era, many of these oppressive states existed, yet none quite like Nazi Germany and Khmer Rouge Cambodia. Told by the young voices of Elie Wiesel in Night and Chanthity Him in When Broken Glass Floats, each author tells their story of what it meant to grow up as a victim of these regimes. And through the analysis of their experiences are we able to observe the similar tactics two radical government groups imposed and how these tactics-both similar and different- advanced the politics of the aggressors.

Thesis: In Marriage is a Private affair, Okeke can be seen as a complex character because he has both outdated and progressive beliefs, and exhibits both harsh and good natured behaviors.

There are seven chapters in this book including, “Although I love you”, “Book Parade”, “Happiness the Flower”, “Into the clouds”, “Mom’s present”, “News Day”, and “Who enjoys the race”. The first story, “Although I love you” is about a girl, 이미루, who was adopted by a family in New Zeland. She comes back to Korea where she was actually born after she succeed as a designer; however, her biological mother is dead. The second chapter, “Book Parade”, is a story of students going to the library to pick a character to disguise as for a parade at school. There is a girl in “Happiness the Flower” who gets some flower seeds from her mom and plays the violin for the seeds hoping them to grow up. Later in the story, the seeds grow up and become beautiful flowers.

The feelings of embarrassment and shame poured from my already shattered heart. I momentarily wanted to be back in the Sudan. The chronic starvation and menacing storms of buzzing missiles suddenly didn’t seem so distressing/severe compared to living in this new prejudiced foreign country.

In the novella, The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisnero, Esperanza learns the importance of not forgetting her roots. Esperanza, a young Latina girl and the novel’s main character wants to change her name and move far away from Mango Street. The reason being is so that she can play a bigger role in society, but she knows that she cannot deny her heritage and where she came from. Cisnero shows that a person’s past and experiences can help shape and form who they are. She displays this by making the novella a circular text, the effect it has on the reader, and by the theme of the novel.

In Samuel Park’s, This Burns My Heart, the protagonist, Soo-Ja, makes a life-altering decision; the decision to marry the wrong man, Min. This decision was going against the traditions of Korea and defied her parents. Soo-Ja believed that by marrying Min, she would receive everything she had dreamed; the life of a modern woman. Although she did consciously made the decision to go against her parent’s wishes and marry Min, there are different aspects that influenced her decision and also influenced the outcome of her life.

In the novel “Things Fall Apart” written by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo is the main character that has been through many things in his life. His father was known for being extremely lazy to the point where he could barely provide enough for his family. As Okonkwo grew, he began to develop feelings of hatred toward his father. He did not want to become like his father and became the exact opposite. As the story progresses, Okonkwo’s actions, which are fed by fear of being seen as weak, will advance the plot and theme efficiently and effectively.

In conclusion, this was all about the life of Esther Ahn Kim. She was in misery and in horrible pain but at the very end still chose to follow God. It wasn’t just Esther’s personality or accomplishments that resulted Korea to be completely transformed, but it was because she suffered for

Okonkwo ‘s sense of identity was challenged with the introduction of the Western ideas into the Ibo culture. Okonkwo started in the novel as a strong warrior, and a successful leader as a person , But the cultural collision of the British colonists and Ibo people affected Okonkwo to the point of that he was a wonderful. He was strong for his children and several wives.(Page 3.) The reason for this is that Okonkwo changed in their sense of identity included that when he was a great and powerful leader he had some upset in his cultural ways just like the Western did also in life. In part one it had stated that Okonkwo never wanted to be like his father a drunk, and a person that would have to borrow money and never pay them back.

Every awakening was a despair, filled with anguish and anxiety. I lived under the burden of the most ruthless dictator. Every wrong action, dialogue or attitude resulted in one resolution, death.

“Don’t be blinded by love. Domestic Violence causes far more pain than the visible marks of bruises and scars.” Okonkwo is an unsympathetic man. Okonkwo is a hard worker, he is respected, also he is a material provider. Okonkwo’s weakness is fear of femininity, he blocks emotions, and also murderer.

"Get her out of here," came the soft whisper of a shaking voice. A voice in which was caked with wear and grief. "Save her!" The voice nearly shouted, cracking at the strain of the volume.

All his wives, especially the youngest, lived in perpetual fear of his fiery temper” ( ). This explains that the roles of women in the community were mainly shown through abuse. In the beginning of the novel, Okonkwo is introduced as a man with a brutal past. His life is explained as being dominated by weakness and fear of

“Drifting House” is the title story of Krys Lee’s collection, it presents an older brother attempting to escape famine from North Korea to China with his two younger siblings to look for their mother. By examining Woncheol’s internal conflict and the story’s setting, this paper epitomizes not only the brutal scene that the main characters compelled to make inconceivable sacrifices to survive, but also shows how the fraying complexities of society would force people to risk their lives by fleeing because of its austere political regime.