Choose any topic you would like that resonates with the colonial rule and how it has effected the Koreans.

Optional: You can create a Sijo (Korean poem) that will give you a better idea of what Yoon Dong-jun had written in the past (shown in the sources).

A Sijo consists of three lines of 14-16 syllables each for a total of 44-46 syllables.

Here is a source that will help guide you in writing your Sijo!

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/sijo-poetic-form

Rhetorical Situation:

• Writer: Yoon dong-ju

• Text/Subject: Poem of the guilt and hardships he face during the colonization of Korea.

• Audience: General Korean population. Consumers of poetry.

• Context: Yoon's personal history, the confusion of what is right and wrong and the comparrison to how life is hard but poems are easily written.

Rhetorical Situation:

• Writer: Erin Blackmore

• Text/Subject: An article that circles around the trajedy of the colonization of Korea and how the Japanese were able to be so successfull along with what they did to the Korean civilians.

• Audience: General US population and those who are interested in war history.

• Context: The system in which wiped out culture, language, and history, of Korea.

“Life as a ‘Comfort Woman’: Story of Kim Bok-Dong | Stay Curious #9.” YouTube, YouTube, 28 Oct. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsT97ax_Xb0.

Blackmore, Erin. “How Japan Took Control of Korea.” History.Com, A&E Television Networks, www.history.com/news/japan-colonization-korea. Accessed 9 May 2024.

“What Japan Doesn’t Want You to Know about Their Korean Invasion.” YouTube, YouTube, 14 July 2023, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro1uQW9CrKA.

“The National Anthem - Aegukga.” National Administration> National Symbols of the Republic of Korea> the National Anthem - Aegukga, www.mois.go.kr/eng/sub/a03/nationalSymbol_2/screen.do. Accessed 9 May 2024.

“‘aegukga’ South Korea National Anthem English Lyrics.” YouTube, YouTube, 20 May 2010, www.youtube.com/watch?v=CceXXXubvdE.

Informational Source

Rhetorical Situation:

• Interviewer: Stephan (Asian Boss)

• Text/Subject: An interview on Kim Bok-Dong and her personal experience as a comfort woman and the extremeties the women had to endure.

• Audience: General US population, general Korean population, and the people that want to learn more about the history of "comfort women".

• Context: History of the women experience during the colonial rule.

Creative Source

Rhetorical Situation:

• Channel: A Day In History

• Text/subject: An informative video that gives a visualizing timeline from 1894-1945 and the beginning to which Japan had found interest in Korea.

• Audience: General US population, people interested in the World War II.

• Context: Japan's extensive policy of cultural genocide in Koreans and the wars between countries.

Rhetorical Situation:

• Composer: Ahn Eak-tai

• Text/Subject: The national anthem that signifies Korea's independence and was used in movements/protests against the Japanese.

• Audience: General Korean population

• Context: The patriotism and resilience for freedom is shown in Koreans fighting for their freedom and identity.