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As the book progresses the story switches between Sun-hee/Keoko's time in school with her friend Tomo and interest in Japanese Due to Japan attacking Korea, food is scarce, and Sun-hee and Tae-Yul's family members often fight with each other. Keoko had family helping her in school, while her uncle was out there, working for the Japanese, but actually working undercover for Korea, risking his own life for the right thing and protect the family. Hardest of all is when the Japanese Emperor forces all Koreans to take Japanese names. She came home silent and refused to speak out but she was filled with anger. Download : 617 The story of Sun-hee and Tae-yul living in Japan-ruled Korea was beautifully written, with different narratives written by the two siblings. As a history teacher, this story was particularly interesting to me, since WW2 told from the Korean perspective is not something that is widely known. Excellent historical fiction by Linda Sue Park, and I'd argue more accessible (at least for adults) because it's such recent history. Even outside of schools people couldn’t speak Korean, unless they we're home or in an environment, where it was safe to speak that language. The police is trying to arrest her uncle because of printing news papers that against the Japanese. It was so interesting to see World War II from the point of Korean youth. by Yearling She meshes actual historical events with her own story to help the reader imagine what a typical Korean family went through while under Japanese rule. File Size : 64.92 MB Shifting between the two sibling's perspectives gave a nice wide view of what was happening in Korea during the Second World War, and the characters were interesting. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of
Format : PDF, ePub, Mobi 2 people found this helpful. As an American, I had only heard about what happened in Germany during World War II, and it was eye-opening to see the impact that America had on the Japanese and Korean people. But I decided to start it today, and I'm so glad I did. Author : Lisa Kumar Throughout My Name is Keoko, Park portrays how a nation, a family, and individuals must respond to crisis and oppression in various forms of resistance. Read : 1098 Beautifully written. Korea. When My Name When Was Keoko Mrs. Davis. Author : Nancy Jane Johnson Download : 374 Ms Park's "When My Name Was Keoko" has strongly awaken my interest in Korea somewhat. I would put Linda Sue Park in the latter category. Because Korea is under Japanese occupation, the children study Japanese and speak it at school. The Japanese have occupied Korea since 1910, systematically suppressing Korean culture in favor of their own, and now, they want every Korean to change their names to a Japanese name. Linda Sue Park has this great way of incorporating information that the average American miThis is a really gripping read about the Japanese occupation of Korea told from the point of view of a girl named Sun Hee beginning in 1940. She used her mother’s Japanese name, Kaneyama Keoko, for the main character, and many of the details come from her mother’s experience. I had a hard time putting it down.When My Name Was Keokol is written in the first person, but with an interesting twist. All students must read and write in Japanese and no one can fly the Korean flag. Author : Linda Sue Park The theme of Linda Sue Park's When My Name Was Keoko would be sometimes you don't get what you want, and you are gonna have to go through hardships and make do with what you have.
Read : 398 Good read for anyone at a fourth/fifth grade reading level or higher.This was another one of my lit circle books.
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Keoko's family was worried that Tae-yul would die because he was Korean, but then the U.S won the war, and Japanese surrendered. Many praise the novel for how it exposes this often overlooked topic in history, authentically portraying Korean life, culture, and perspective in the 1940s. File Size : 44.26 MB