my only thought is that I must help her
The woman decided to help her because that is the way she could support and show respect to her life.
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Day after day, alone or not, a frightened and lonely expression on her face, the older woman earnestly practiced saying “I don’t know, I don’t know” also shaking her head at the same time.
This is such a tragedy. She is deeply traumatized by the incident, has no choice but to repeat the same sentence everyday.
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There was something about her that seemed to wrap me in protection, warm and good and generous like quilted clothing.
I like the way the author used a metaphor. Likening one's characteristic to quilted clothing was quite unique to me.
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The room had become a sea of blood where two sprawled corpses spewed forth their intestines.
The author used a metaphor 'a sea of blood' in order to describe the horrific scene. It is an old cliché, but still I could vividly imagine the grisly murder scene.
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“Does anyone drink for fun? If I was having fun, I wouldn’t be swilling this stuff.”
I interpreted that the author used 'soju' as a literary device to show Mr. Ch’ŏn's tragic life. He mentions that he does not drink soju for fun, but works hard for his son while drinking bitter soju instead of rice at the later part of the novel. Probably, the author tried to introduce Mr.Ch’ŏn' as an epitome of lower middle class citizen on 1950s-60s.
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“That bitch should be drawn and quartered! Abandoning the poor little kid and running off…”
I searched on the dictionary about the exact definition of 'drawn and quartered'. According to wikipedia, it says 'The convicted traitor was fastened to a hurdle, or wooden panel, and drawn by horse to the place of execution, where he was then chopped into four pieces.' I could then notice that the main character is bristled with fiery rage. Also, I could relate to his situation by reading the whole story.
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