Two discussion question

1. What is the arguments between Sookan's sister and Sookan?

2. What do you think that how sookan will change into with native Korean culture and the new American culture mixed?

The letter to Sookan's sister

My dear sister,

I havn't seen you for a long time! How are you these days? I already miss you. For me, living and studying to a totally different country which is also pretty far away from our homeland, it's not that easy. As you know, I just came here and I needed to prepare for the courses that I will study with, the dorm, communication with other students and teachers... Recently I am just too busy and tired of the new days here, so I am really sorry that I didn't write journal to you. I just let you know that everything here is okay, I like it and I have no problems to get better in this new environment. 

Don't worry about me! I wish everything in your life will be as exciting as mine too!

Love you,

Sookan 

5 facts about Sook Nyul Chop

Sook Nyul Choi is a Korean American children's storybook author. 

She was born in Pyongyang, North Korea, and during the korean war, she fled to South Korea.

She emigated to pursue higher education, earning her B.A. from Manhattanville College in 1962 and becoming a school teacher in New York. 

She is the widow of Nung Ho Choi, with whom she had two daughters. 

Gathering of Pearls got award: 1995 books for the Teen Age Award 

Blog 10

During this winter break, I didn't have that much stuff to do. So I have watched some movies. The only one which gives me the strongest feeling is Mongol. It is about the story about Genghis Khan, from he was young until he united all the Mongolian tribes and built the Mongol Empire. It was took in these countries, Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. It is a kind of epic movie, it has actors from Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China and Japan. The language basically is Mongolian, all the actors from other countries also learned and spoke Mongolian. I am interested in this movie because I have mongolian blood from my mum, and I would like to know more about how the people now think about the great conqueror Genghis Khan, and how people made about him in this movie. 

The movie was from when Temujin, which is the boy who becomes Genghis Khan in the future, when he was 9 years old. His father, Yesugei is the leader of the tribe. He brought his son to a friendly tribe to choose his wife in the future, as the old tradition in Mongolia. The girl, Borte, as the time when Temujin chose her, she also chose Temujin as her only man, only husband. He didn't know his great choice of his wife was just the biggest help for him to have chance to conquer the world. 

As the way they go back to their tribe, they went to an enemy tribe, joined their party--- In Mongol, any one can join the tribe party, friends, strangers or even enemy. Unfortunely, Temujin's father Yesugei drunk the wine with poison. He left the young son to face all the problems: The khan died, then lots of people wanted to leave the tribe. There's an old saying"If there's not a king in a group of wolves, we can't say it's a group." in Mongol. Young Temujin ran away with his mother, brothers, a little people who still loyal to the old Khan, and with a heart full of  wishes to revenge. 

Days has its own way to pass, and Temujin grows up quickly. When he is 15 years old, he is very strong and energetic. People in the grassland all know there's a strong, young wolf king leads his tribe. Their enemy also know that. "It's so much easy to kill a young tiger especially it hasn't grown up", the Khan of their enemies said.And he seems know how to do: He made a few cavalryman lurk in the place near their tribe, and they surrounded the forest that Temujin was hunting in. Three days past, Temujin felt hungry and thirsty. He couldn't  bear it, during this hard time he remembered  his father. At the last day of three days, he decided to go our. 

"I rather to get killed by their blades to compare with get starved," He thought," Tengri helt me too much, now my life all depends on myself now."

Unfortunately he got caught as he went out of the forest, but the Tayichiuds didn't kill him. They wanted to insult him, made him wear shackles and took him around their tribe, as their celebration of revenge. They let every family in the tribe watch him each day. Temujin waited, until the day as a chance, just like the cheetah waited for his preys.

In that day, there was only a teenager watched him. Others went to a party but left him to watch him. The teenager felt upset and drunk. Temujin used his shackles to stun him, and he ran away. He ran into a river because water can decrease the smell of him then the dogs can find him lately. The river he hided is Onon River, which now we called the mother river of Mongolians.

Tengri is the god, the sky of Mongol. 

During Temujin's life, lots of hard problems were waiting for him to figure out. The only thing he had, was himself, and his wife, the girl who promised him to use her whole life to stand with him and help him with everything. The movie stoped when he conquered the whole Mongol, and bacame the real Genghis Khan, which means the Khan, the king who is great like ocean. He tidied his armour, his blade , his belt and his heart--- to conquer the world.