Letter to the boy – Joon (Lee Joon Gyeong from class 1-4)
Hello, nice to meet you!
I’m Lee Joon Gyeong from South Korea. You may not know where South Korea is located, or even if it’s a country or not. You may recognize it as a state, since there are states named ‘South’ Carolina or ‘South’ Dakota nearby where you live. Well, I’m going to skip explanation of South Korea since I thought it would take much time. But I can say that you wouldn’t have to care about what ‘South Korea’ is, since I think that Korea will not appear, or even not exist in the world you’re living.
I’ve been reading your story. Sometimes (to speak frankly, most of the time) I’m having great difficulty understanding about your itinerary. Since I can’t understand most parts of the story, I’m very satisfied with the fact that I’m just catching up with the class schedule. J Well, this time, my homework was to read the part where you met people who are destined to be eaten by others, and the part where you found a house full of foodstuffs.
I sometimes feel very amazed by your father’s bravery. I often imagined myself being the main character of the story and keeping going south. Since I’ve never been to such a pressing situation, I don’t know what I’m gonna do in that situation. But I think that your father is being very calm while facing that kind of harsh situation. Though I cannot see the scene with my eyes, I can feel that your father is trying his best not to show you how nervous he is. Or else, he really might not have been frightened. Even when you found those people who were going to be eaten by others, he calmly told you to go out. I could see him trying hard not to make you frightened or scared. Also, when he found stacks of food, I think he was mostly delighted because he thought that finally he could feed you. He told you to say anything you wanted to eat, and as you did, he immediately promised to make one for you.
Of course I’m very proud of me being my father’s son, but though I do so, I’m very curious if he would be able to make me calm down or try not to be frightened when harsh situations come and face us. Since you are with your father, I think you would have to be very proud and happy. Although sometimes you feel counfused about who is being good guys and bad guys, at least, you have to be very happy about ‘NOT being alone’. Don’t you think so…?
Haha….
p.s. I truly hope you will be able to end your trip to south safely. J
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I really enjoyed reading your letter to the boy. I too feel that the father hold great love for the boy and if they were living in normal world, they would've had wonderful times and experiences. I sometimes feel very sad for the boy because he has to face so much hardships at such young age. If I were in his situation, I would've just died with my family. I think it's really brave for them to survive yet I feel very very sorry for them. They practically only have each other and it's very sad however that's what makes their love look so special and strong.
ReplyDeleteYour letter was so nice! ^*^
Great Letter! I never thought of the man trying to keep his nervouness from the boy. I just thought that the man knew how brave he should be if he wanted to survive in this barren world.
ReplyDeleteI also thought it was very creative of you to put an introduction of yourself in the front like how you would do it if you were writing a real letter! It seemed so natural!
Anyways, I really enjoyed your letter
and I look forward to your next work! ><
The introduction of yourself seems understandably awkward. If this is the world--what do you think did happen to other countries? Are they ever mentioned in the book? What would South Korea be like if a similar burning event/end of civilization happened? Would people be the same or different than the characters we encountered in the book...
ReplyDeleteThis could be a whole project...