Year+of+Impossible+Goodbyes

Big Questions I. >
 * When they were under rule of the Japanese they weren't allowed to celebrate their culture. they had to celebrate Japanese culture

II.
 * One Leader
 * Propaganda
 * Over Throw Leader
 * Forced to work
 * Forced to worship certain culture/leader


 * The setting of your book. Include a map of the country, the time period, a description of what was going on, the "history lesson" you learned, the social customs.
 * Alex
 * A description of the main characters and the main conflict of the plot.
 * Everyone
 * Favorite/most important quotes and why they are important
 * Demetria
 * The group's symbol for book
 * Sam
 * Connections to __Animal Farm__
 * Naza

= Demetria Ruhl = = 7-A English = = Year of Impossible Goodbyes = = = = = = A description of main characters and main plot conflicts. = = In the book //__year of impossible goodbyes__// By: Sook Nyul Choi, the main characters are…………. = = __ Sookan __, her little brother __Inchun,__ their Mom, their __Aunt Tiger__, their Grandfather, The sock girls and may other people that are more distant members of the family. The plot is about Sookan’s family and how they are living with the Japanese in power. Sookan and her family are forced to work, worship the Japanese Gods, and are treated very badly. = = = = Favorite or important quotes. = = “But suddenly, I was sorry I was born a Korean child. I wished that I were Japanese. I thought of the Japanese children who went to the special school and lived in pretty houses that Koreans used to own. The Japanese could have whatever they wanted in Korea.” Pg.30 = = “But not for long. The Japanese soon found us, and once again, in the middle of the night, they set fire to our homes. The soldiers, ready with their guns and swords, waited outside people’s homes and shot them as they came running out of their burning houses.” Pg. 39 = = “Suddenly, I understood what Grandfather meant when he said, “One’s life is short, but the life of the spirit is long.”” Pg.46 = = “Okja’s eyes filled with tears, but she bit her lip to keep from crying. “There is no place for us to hide,” She said quietly. “He knows where we live and whom we know, and if he wants to, he’ll find us and take us to the front. No matter where we go, we are their prisoners.”” Pg.54 = = “I had to remember not to speak a word of Korean.” “”I asked for a pencil in Korean and the teacher hit me with a metal ruler.”” Pg.66 = =

Sam The main characters were a family in North Korea. Sookan, Inchun, their mother, grandfather and aunt are under control by the Japanese. Eventually the Japanese are defeated and the communists move into North Korea. Sookan and her family try to escape to the south where her father who was fighting for the resistance in Manchuria is hiding. He has a job with the communists shipping goods between the north and south.

The Setting By: Alex Trudel

In the book Year of Impossible Goodbyes the book takes place in North Korea during 1945 when the Japanese had taken control. The main character in the book Sookan lives in Kirimni, Pyongyang which is on the map below. None In the same year Japan lost and had to flee the country but almost as soon as the Japanese left the Russians came and took over brining communism. Here is a picture of the Russian on the 38th parallel

The Russians may have left but communism has not it is one of the only full out communist country. They now have a leader named Kim Jung Il who has been in power for many years will be retiring soon. He is very highly regarded.

The basic Idea is that since 1945 north Korea has always had a hard time. Even today they are having a food crisis and from what seems to be going on now there could be near starvation. = = = =