Lost Names is a useful, rare, and wonderful book for several reasons. The book’s title reflects the Japanese Pacific War policy of forcing Koreans to replace their own names with Japanese ones. Lost Names is the story, as recounted by a young boy, of one Korean family’s experience during the war years. Although Lost Names is technically a novel, according to author Richard Kim, " . . . all the characters and events described in the book are real, but everything else is fiction." Today is the last opportunity to turn in the three synoposis from the first three chapters of Lost Names.
Chapter 4 reading is due tomorrow.
In class work: review material from the first three chapters. Responses are due at the end of class.
Lost Names by Richard Kim
Crossing
1. (page 3) What is the river that separates Korea and Manchuria that the family must cross?
2. (page 6) Why is the family heading up to live in Manchuria?
3. (page 15) How does the family get to Manchuria now that the train has left?
4. (page 20) What were some the obstacles the family faced with the crossing?
Homecoming
1. (page 22) Why has the family returned to Korea?
2. (page 27-28) Describe how children and the teachers at the new school.
3. (page 30) What do the students do every morning at assembly?
4. (page 31) What are the slogans written on the blackboard?
5. (page 34-35) What is the tradition for the new student and what does he do exactly?
6. (page 39) What are the boys going to do instead of attending the propaganda movie?
7. (page 42) What does the Japanese teacher do to the boy?
8. (page 56-67) What happens to Pumpkin and the Korean teacher who defended the boy?
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