Without You, There is No Us by Katherine Feeney https://padlet.com/20feeneyk/without_you_there_is_no_us en-us 2018-12-13 03:38:48 UTC 2018-12-17 00:25:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Why I Chose This Book: 20feeneyk https://padlet.com/20feeneyk/without_you_there_is_no_us/wish/314118893 I chose Without You, There Is No Us by Suki Kim because I have always wanted to learn more about North Korea. This book is not just about North Korea from the view of an outsider. Rather, it gives a first hand account of what truly happens in North Korea. Kim was originally from South Korea and had interest in North Korea, eventually teaching there. Due to Kim's experiences, this book is not only informative, but also filled with detail and narratives. The topic as well as the personal aspect of the novel made it extremely intriguing. ]]> 2018-12-13 03:44:18 UTC https://padlet.com/20feeneyk/without_you_there_is_no_us/wish/314118893 Reading Schedule 20feeneyk https://padlet.com/20feeneyk/without_you_there_is_no_us/wish/314119008 Week 1: Pages 1-72
Week 2: Pages 73-145
Week 3: Pages 146-217
Week 4: Pages 218-290]]> 2018-12-13 03:45:15 UTC https://padlet.com/20feeneyk/without_you_there_is_no_us/wish/314119008 "Another foreign concept that took time to absorb was that I was now Asian, a term that I had heard mentioned only in a social studies class. Back home, yellow was the color of the forsythia that bloomed every spring along the fence... I certainly never thought of my skin as being the same shade" (8-9) 20feeneyk https://padlet.com/20feeneyk/without_you_there_is_no_us/wish/314119356 Kim's description allows me to understand the struggle faces. She mentions the term "Asian"; how it was never used in South Korea, only in America. She italicizes the word for emphasis. Kim continues with this point when revealing how in South Korea, yellow was just a color, something simple and beautiful. In America, this is not the case. She is subject to being called yellow, and Kim wants to make it clear that this impacted her greatly when moving.]]> 2018-12-13 03:48:07 UTC https://padlet.com/20feeneyk/without_you_there_is_no_us/wish/314119356 "Unable to tend to their graves the way a good Confucian son should, my father is plagued with guilt" (49). 20feeneyk https://padlet.com/20feeneyk/without_you_there_is_no_us/wish/314119362 I enjoy reading Kim's writing about her family's history. She seems to talk about her linage often, and I have noticed that her family is noble in comparison to many other South Koreans. Mentioning Confucianism helps me to understand the significance of relationships in her family, as Confucianism is all about the 5 relationships, one of them being the example in the novel; father and son. ]]> 2018-12-13 03:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/20feeneyk/without_you_there_is_no_us/wish/314119362 "There was a lot of concrete, and the dull heaviness of the buildings imbued the place with a sense of the forlorn" (20). 20feeneyk https://padlet.com/20feeneyk/without_you_there_is_no_us/wish/314119371 Imbue (v): To inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality.
Ex. The Christmas musical was imbued with cheer, happiness, and festivity.]]> 2018-12-13 03:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/20feeneyk/without_you_there_is_no_us/wish/314119371