Through the use of a second person narrative, human acts views the events of the gwangju uprising through the perspective of a young boy, Dong-ho. The perspective of an innocent boy helps to increase our emotional proximity to the Gwangju uprising. Most people may not be familiar with this uprising in South Korean history as […]
Month: August 2021
Human Acts – Qs
Can a nation ever fully recover from a dark past? In terms of recovery, I think that yes it is very common and it is possible. This can be seen with the axis powers in WWII, who now are completely transformed countries to what they previously believed in the past. Furthermore, One stage of ‘darkness’ […]