1. I was shocked at what happened, especially when Hideyo came. I had a feeling that it would be him, but when it said it really was him I was kind of surprised. I found it kind of satisfying, but at the same time I didn't. I was happy when Hideyo and Yoko got to reunite with them. However, I wish that the author wrote about their father and when he came home.
The conflicts that were resolved were that Hideyo finally found his family again (part of it anyway). They also got the savings book and have a little more money because Hideyo brought it. But, some of the conflicts that weren't resolved was that she didn't write that their father came home six years later, even though it said in the notes in the back of the book. I think that she chose to end it there because she would give more of a cliff-hanger. Maybe she just decided that it would be hard to write out the events until six years later, when he came home.
2. I think that they take attention to look at the different Japanese customs so that they could keep them going because even though they were living in Korea, they were Japanese. So, I think that they were trying to keep those traditional customs going in their family. I think that the purpose it serves in their lives is keeping the traditions going and to show that they are Japanese. I think that I would observe all of the traditional food that they ate and their clothes, such as the kimonos and all that. Maybe I would observe their New Year and see how they celebrated it.
3. I respect Yoko the most because if I were her I would complain way more. Plus, I can relate more to her because I'm about her age. I also appreciate her because she probably got more tired because she had to walk a lot. She also kept pretty calm through her whole school experience, and I like how she took responsibility and adjusted to different circumstances. I also respect Ko and their mother a lot because through it all, they never complained. They always kept calm and they never really got annoyed that much, or at least it didn't show.
4. I learned a lot about how everyone wanted to have control over Korea to use it as a port. I also learned that when the Americans bombed several areas in Japan, they didn't bomb Kyoto because of it's special meaning to the Japanese. They thought that if they bombed the shrine, then the population there would not like to surrender even more. I also learned that they took people from age 12 to about age 50 into the war because they were pretty much desperate for more soldiers. I would like to learn more about what the war was about. I would also like to learn about how long it lasted and who was allied with who.
5. I think that one of the main themes of this story is to appreciate that you don't have to go through what they did. One of the other themes in this novel was to not complain with what you have and to appreciate that you have a nice house and food everyday. One of the other themes m ight be to not be jealous of what other people have and to live with what you have because there's always worse. I think that this novel shows this because this is what those girls at Yoko's school should have learned in life and that they should have appreciated what they had.
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