Friday, February 22, 2013

Reading Project : Short Story Analysis Presentation 04

04 CHARACTERS

1. Who is/are the main characters in the story ?

-There are two main characters in this story, one is from North Korea, poor famer, and he is communist , call 'Tokchae' and the other is from South Korea, policeman , and his name is call 'Songsam a border police.

2. Describe the main character's situation.

-The main character Tokchae's situation is that before, he was living in unified country Korea but after civil war, he was move to North Korea ,  but now he is a poor farmer living with his family and  he wants to move to South Korea for a better life. But he was caught by border police of South Korea which is his old friend Tokchae. Tokchae has to take him to some place to shot him as a illegal.

3. What are some of the chief characteristics (personality traits) of the character ?

-The chief characteristic of the main characters are Tokchae is a fatalist and also optimistic about his familiy's future. The other character is loyal and nationalistic but also pressis feelings about what made him nationalistic and these feeling turned to regret.

4. What sort of conflict is the character facing ? How is this conflict revealed? Is it resoled? If so, how?

-The police officer faces a conflict of interest between his duty to his country and friendship towards his friends, in the end, he sides with his friend.

5. Is ant character a developing character ? If so, is his change a large or small one ? Is it a plausible change for him? Is he sufficiently motivated? Is the change given sufficient time?

-The developing character is that of the policeman who turns from nationalism towards friendship and this change is seen very quickly

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