He becomes aware of the complexities of the lives of Korean adults. This is the first instance of the cruelty he experiences at the hands of the Japanese authorities. On his first day of school, Kim makes two friends, but a Japanese teacher attacks him for singing “Danny Boy” in English. School is conducted in Japanese, and the Japanese teachers attempt to indoctrinate students in Japanese ideology. The Japanese have asserted cultural dominance over Korean society. When Kim is in his second year of school, his family moves back to Korea. Having missed the train, the family crosses the treacherous, frozen river into Manchuria, where they live for several years in a Korean Christian community. After a tense interval of hours, the police release Mr. Kim’s past anti-Japanese activism and subsequent prison sentence, Japanese police harass him and take him away, leaving Mrs. Kim recounting the family moving to Manchuria in the winter of 1932. This guide uses the Barnes and Noble Nook edition of Lost Names.
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