![]() ![]() Her parents sent him to the country to live with their grandparents. Jisun and Namin's differences cause them to bicker, but their shared understanding of loss bring them together. Her sister, Kyungmin, works at a factory. She hopes to lift her family out of poverty. Namin is studying at SNU to become a physician. Jisun meets her childhood friend, Namin, in Miari, a poor section of Seoul. The UIM is where she meets Peter, an American activist with whom she falls in love, but who admonishes Jisun’s actions at the strike: her nudity and her release. ![]() She has previously been staying at factory housing and working at the Urban Industrial Mission, an American missionary organization that organizes and educates labor activists. The police arrest a young student activist named Jisun, who they quickly release after learning her father is Ahn Kiyu, an influential business leader. They watch police officers brutally arrest the women, who shed their shirts and bare their chests in defiance. Juno is the elder and mentor, part of the elite social group called the Circle, which many view as a ticket to success. ![]() Observing the strike are two college students from the prestigious Seoul National University. The novel opens on a strike by the female laborers of the Mun-A textile factory, an action looked down upon by the South Korean government in 1978. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Wuertz, Yoojin Grace. ![]()
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