Summary Of Sookan's Character From 'North Korea'

Cultures around the world are divide by their distinctive characteristic of people, and how people interact within their society. Most cultures are driven by the way their environment has been set for them. Many of cultures have to adapt to the way their environment are due to the conditions that are set for them and the amount of resources that they are provided. The biggest drive for culture are the historical custom. Most countries continue to carry their ancestor custom so that the tradition may stay with them throughout their years, in which making other countries distinctive from one another. One of the particular country that will be discuss in this report is North Korea. In this report, I will be discussing the North Korean culture, with describing their living condition in the country, common issues that they face with on a daily bases, and common threat that they pose on other countries.

“Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood”, is an extremely valuable novel. The novel, written by Richard E. Kim, focuses on a young Korean boy who lives during the Japanese colonization before World War II. Korea itself was under Japanese rule from 1910 until Japan surrendered in August of 1945. The way the Japanese colonized the Koreans was ruthless; not only did they drive fear into their hearts through physical threats, they also struck fear by manipulating their culture, their educational system, and using psychological threats to really put the Koreans under their thumb. The Japanese did not just colonize the Korean people; they began to turn them into another sect of the Japanese race. They took the Korean’s names, their religion, their language, they took their entire culture away and forced them to accept the Japanese way of life in hopes that they would not fight back, and that they would be completely under control in the Japanese rulers. They were successful too, as their reign lasted more than a few decades. “Lost Names: Scenes From a Korean Boyhood”, details that time in Korean history on a very personal and intimate level, and shows how terrifying colonization can be, in regards to the emotional and cultural condemnation by the Japanese people on the Koreans. The quote that is used in the third question prompt, “the real force of colonization comes not through physical coercion, but

Sookan changing has made her a better person, by having her stick up for her family, and her rights. She has gained the confidence to do more things, and live a life where she isn't pushed

In the memoir Year of Impossible Goodbyes, Sookan changes from someone's who is naive and scared and becomes someone who is strong, brave and selfless. The changes seen were in these three moments: when the Japanese yelled at her and her family, and when she saw what the Japanese had done to her grandfather, when she sits outside and tries to meditate, and when she saves her brother instead of herself. The Japanese would come to her house and yell at her mother, Aunt and Grandfather. When she finds out what the Japanese do to Grandfather she also gets scared. "The tips of his toes looked like some little girl had practiced her sewing on them. He had no toenails. I knew he had no fingernails on his right hand, and I always thought he had hurt

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea is a novel by Barbara Demick, the Beijing bureau chief of the Los Angeles Times. It is published by Spiegel & Grau in the United States. It was originally published in 2009, however this version that I had read was published in 2015, with a chapter put on the end of the tome to update it to more recent events. Demick starts out the piece in North-eastern North Korea, specifically the city of Chongjin, the third largest city in North Korea, a major part of the North Korean steel industry. The subject that the author pursues is how an average North Korean lived in the transition of regimes and the struggles that it came with.

At the beginning Sookan is highly dependent on others and feels very confused and scared. A moment where this comes out is when they have a small, secret birthday celebration for Haiwon. At the celebration, the Imperial Police catch them and take away all Haiwon's presents, break all the nice, brass dishes, and punish they're family by cutting down Grandfather's pine tree. Sookan feels scared and and believes that the Japanese would do anything to shut them, the Koreans, down. "For the first time, I did not like being a Korean child" (Choi 30). This quote shows that Sookan is feeling lost and frustrated with

Sookan and her family had just gotten news from her father, saying that him and his four eldest sons were safe in Seoul. Sookan was ecstatic to know that they were safe and well, but wondered why her family that was left behind in North Korea hadn’t been the first priority. “Mother stretched out her arms and Inchun and I ran to them.How good it was to know that father was alive and well, and that my three brothers were safe in Seoul. And how wonderful to know that father would be coming to take us to the South. Yet I wondered how it was that he had left us here so long. I wish that he had come for us earlier, as he had for his sons. Why had he left us for last?”(118) Sookan was the only daughter, and the second youngest in the household. Growing up, family is a very important part to anyone's life, and it’s extremely rare for you to questions your parents judgement or actions when you are growing up. But Sookan did just that when she asked herself if her fathers decisions on saving the eldest boys first was really the right thing to

North Korea has warned that freed Christian missionary Kenneth Bae's “babbling” about prison could jeopardize future efforts to free two other Americans still detained in the reclusive nation.

One of the changes that Sookan had was when the Russian soldiers invaded North Korea right after the War ended and everyone was so happy right until the Russians came. “ One day he came running home and said, “ we’d better lock the door. The Russians are in the next town over. “ ( Choi 96 ). This changed Sookan negatively because she and her family were so excited that they were free and now they are not because asue of that the Russian Soldiers were invading North

Overall in this book I think that these are the three main changes in Sookan. Overcoming the fear of the Japanese, she gained power in her mind and conquered the Japanese in her mind. Also realizing that family is more important than most things. With family she can be happier and just throw away the bad things. Finally maybe the most important change in the book is Sookan becoming so brave and independent. She knew what was best for everyone at multiple moments and made a wise decision. Sookan changed a lot over the course of this book but these are the three most

Sookan changes in many ways throughout the book Year of Impossible Goodbyes when faced with the following situations: Sookan's mother was taken away by the Russian soldiers, She supported Korea and Americans, and Grandfather died. Sookan and Inchun's mother has been taken away by the guards. All they could do was keep walking. They couldn't help their mother as all. "When I finally turned to look for Mother, expecting her to be close behind us, I saw that she was still standing at the guardhouse. A Korean soldier in his red-brimmed hat was looking at her passport. He handed it over to a Russian soldier. I saw them pull Mother out of line. Inchun and I stayed frozen as we watched."(Choi 133) This situation changed Sookan because there was a

Even though more problems will arise in Sookan’s life, she finally understands that there will also be cheerful times. After Sookan, her brother, and mother flee to South Korea, the family is finally reunited. “We finally found the house and stepped through the open front door. Father and our three older brothers, sitting at the dinner table, were shocked to see us…” (Choi 166)

In chapter 2, Hazel Smith sees nation identify of North Korea by focusing on history, politics, and religion. National identity relates understanding the situation when the North Korean state has established. She mentioned about some important elements which explain the beginning of North Korea such as that Tangun was the founder of Korean state,or that Koryo was the first unified state. As North Korea critically saw South Korea because it was losing its purity by influences from other countries,keeping independence was considered as one identity of North Korea and Kim Il Sung was described as an important leadership for North Korean independence. Some religions and Korean language also were component of establishing uniqueness of North Korea.

This article deals with the United States and its attempts to deal with the dangerous matters of North Korea. Some of the problems that were brought up in this article were North Korea’s plan to restart a plutonium based nuclear program at Yongbyon, North Korea’s plan to build a new highly enriched uranium (HEU) nuclear program, and the tension that emerged between the United States and South Korea. Even though many problems were occurring, there were some positive things that were happening at the time. The United States began negotiating with North Korea and South Korea about establishing railroad links, demining portions of the demilitarized zone, allowing athletes to compete in the Asian games, and allowing abductees to visit Japan.

Ideology can be looked at different perspectives of the way people think about it. Some people think that ideology is bad, while some people think it is good. Ideology takes a very harmful way in Christianity; Pope Francis explains to Christians that ideology drives away the church and the people. In his perspective of mind, ideology is a “serious illness.”(Dolan) In some other places such as North Korea, ideology is a “dangerous belief system.” North Koreans Ideology is most commonly referred as “Juche,” this ideology is harmful to people because most people would like to praise people who do good things, but in North Korea people have to pray to a dictator who is capable of killing, torturing, and murdering his own people.