Question

Part A Which theme is demonstrated by the relationship between Ji-Suk and her mother? Caring is demonstrated through time spent together. Fear is apparent in lack of involvement. Doubt is shown by too much direction. Love is evidenced with high expectations. Part B Which summary from the story gives details that best demonstrate the answer in Part A? Ji-Suk had become successful according to American standards, but she also realizes that her mother wouldn’t necessarily approve of Ji-Suk’s choices. Ji-Suk knows that her mother would have been upset that she had quit her job as a lawyer to open a food truck. Ji-Suk’s mother had made her take Korean and violin lessons. Even though Ji-Suk didn’t like these things, she knew that her mother only did it because she wanted Ji-Suk to succeed. Ji-Suk reflects that she was American just as much as she was Korean.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Answer:

The answer for the first question is: Love is evidenced with high expectations.

For the second question, it is: Ji-Suk’s mother had made her take Korean and violin lessons. Even though Ji-Suk didn’t like these things, she knew that her mother only did it because she wanted Ji-Suk to succeed.

Explanation:

Ji-Suk is a character in the short story "Bul-Go!-gi". Ji-Suk's mother forced her to take Korean and violin lessons and to learn how to cook Korean delicacies when she was younger. She was trying to pass on her heritage and values to her daughter: the language, the food, the hard work. However, she wanted her daughter to succeed in an American way, which she thought would be by going to college and becoming a lawyer.

But Ji-Suk was more open-minded, and embraced the American culture easily, especially its freedom. It was Ji-Suk's American side that made it possible for her to choose the food truck over being a lawyer. Doing what she loves means being successful. She is actually honoring what her mother wanted for her, not going against it.

Concerning Ji-Suk's relationship with her mother, we should choose "Love is evidenced with high expectations" for the first question. Ji-Suk's mother didn't show her love for her daughter in an American way. She was tough, but she cared. The wish to see her daughter succeed in life is what made her so demanding.

We should choose "Ji-Suk’s mother had made her take Korean and violin lessons. Even though Ji-Suk didn’t like these things, she knew that her mother only did it because she wanted Ji-Suk to succeed" for the second question. As was explained above, Ji-Suk's mother had high expectations for her - that was her way of showing love. Ji-Suk is capable of understanding that. She is not willing to do the same to her own son, but she sees that the intention behind her mother's actions was good.