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As it evident while talking about the japenese imperialism and the feudalisim in korea it also talks about the links between the American,Russian and other societies ,if it's TRUE then what is the main motive of the author while talking about connection between different empires...is its hint towards colonization..?

I think the author is giving a glimpse of what is going on in other parts of the world, while focusing on her Korean heritable. I did not get that it was a hint toward colonization.

The history of every country is linked with the history of others. So I don;t think you can talk about history without getting into politics. They go hand in hand. I don't think there is any ulterior motive.

raluca_mihaila wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 14:56 The history of every country is linked with the history of others. So I don;t think you can talk about history without getting into politics. They go hand in hand. I don't think there is any ulterior motive.

Exactly. I don't think we should read that more into the author's intentions. I think she meant to depict a moment of Korean history and probably highlight the importance of freedom. We can't take history as something isolated. And let's not forget that WWI and WWII were happening. It was quite a turbulent time.

I don't see any ulterior motive. The author has described a politically unstable era of Korea and given a glimpse regarding political involvement of few other countries as well. Though there is no specific emphasis, ultimately it is all about nothing else but politics

I think the purpose of mentioning other countries, societies, and empires were to give context. Historically, the Americans and Russians did go to war with the Japanese. As for politics, are you exploring the idea that it is an allusion to the current political relationship of these countries?

The author focus on the politics as well history as this story is written about the Korean struggle against Japan for independence.

I think the author just wanted to use as much realism as possible, share her heritage because she is from Korea. The politics and culture go together well for the overall plot of the story.

I think what we should get from this is that there's no one way of looking at it, be it cultural, political, historical, or societal. The point is that the story is intersectional. All these aspects come together and close-knit. Whatever conflicts there are in the book, they are affected by one or two of these things, if not all.

cd20 wrote: ↑04 Jan 2021, 15:24 I think the author is giving a glimpse of what is going on in other parts of the world, while focusing on her Korean heritable. I did not get that it was a hint toward colonization.

It was mentioned in the story that Japan declared war against Korea and tried to invade them. And then they forced them to accept a deal that gives them no choice but to let the Japanese do whatever they want. They sent soldiers and government officials to Korea. They built a number of schools that teaches them the Japanese ways. It is colonization.

I don't see any ulterior or sinister motive in what the author has done. The novel portrays Korea in battle with Japan. It is more than expected that the author will include other countries such as America and Russia in his tale, seeing as this is an international occurrence and other countries would obviously be involved in the matter.

Something that I would like to add however is the fact that if looked at through a somewhat accusatory view, one could say the author mentioned America because of their history of colonization and war with other countries in relation with Japan's ongoing attempted colonization of Korea. The author could have a political reason for doing this as America is widely known for their crimes against peoples of other nations in an attempt to colonize them.

cd20 wrote: ↑04 Jan 2021, 15:24 I think the author is giving a glimpse of what is going on in other parts of the world, while focusing on her Korean heritable. I did not get that it was a hint toward colonization.

While you are correct, there is a bit of a coincidence in the fact that America was widely known as one of the largest colonizers of peoples and Korea was in the middle of an ongoing struggle against colonization by the Japanese. While there might be no deeper political agenda behind this, it does feel a bit suspect for the author to bring this into play as it could be a shot at the fact that America today is one of the world powers and their wealth mostly came from colonization.

raluca_mihaila wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 14:56 The history of every country is linked with the history of others. So I don;t think you can talk about history without getting into politics. They go hand in hand. I don't think there is any ulterior motive.

While the attack of Korea by Japan was an international event and as such it would be perfectly understandable for the author to make mention of world powers such as America and Russia, it does hint at a greater depth of political antagonism as the author could be hinting at the fact that America was a great colonizer and is still a world power in relation to Japan's attempted colonization of the Korean peoples and country.

Lunastella wrote: ↑13 Jan 2021, 19:53

raluca_mihaila wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 14:56 The history of every country is linked with the history of others. So I don;t think you can talk about history without getting into politics. They go hand in hand. I don't think there is any ulterior motive.

Exactly. I don't think we should read that more into the author's intentions. I think she meant to depict a moment of Korean history and probably highlight the importance of freedom. We can't take history as something isolated. And let's not forget that WWI and WWII were happening. It was quite a turbulent time.

This is another fascinating point of view. I was not aware that the timelines of Japan's invasion and WW1 coincided. Based on this, I would say that its perfectly understandable for the author to make mention of them as Korea is not the only country in the world and the author was attempting to tell his story on the international stage.