The nationalism expects sacrifices for a group of people which they feel valued, whereas the uncomfortable lifestyle makes several people rebellions or act against the system. The North Korea is a totalitarian regime. The citizens have no freedom of expression or freedom of choice. The North Korea’s political system affects their citizens to fight against the regime, flight and assimilate to another country and culture. The regime of a nation affects citizens which cause the defection and the defection affects the defectors as well as their families. The causes of nationalism are reflected through the use of mood, imagery, and hyperbole in the book “Half Life” by Paul H.B. Shin. Furthermore, these literary devices are used to represent the appearance of the causes effectively. The characters who fight, flight and assimilate are Chung Myung-Ae, Han’s wife, and Han. The character who affects from their family’s defection is Won Sook. The regime of North Korea affects Han’s wife, Chung Myung-Ae and builds the courage to fight, flight and assimilate. As stated in the book, she says to Han that ““you work so hard”, “shouldn’t there be some reward for that? All you say is that it’ll get better, but when” (p.85) by using mood. The use of mood indicates the rage and exasperation of being under the politics of their native country, which leads to the fight and disappointed with the system they are living. Additionally, in the book, when Han comes home from work and look for her wife but doesn’t find her anywhere and he notices the missing suitcase and clothes of the baby and bottles. The usage of imagery in this scene reveals her flight and escape from the fearful life where she couldn’t live. This also leads to the violation of 25-mile parameter law. Moreover, the imagery of the scene when Han sees his wife on the farmhouse of Mr. Whitaker, she has experimented with her hair and used cosmetics and beauty products (p.191) inform the audience of her assimilation and way of living after coming to the US. In Half Life, the author uses hyperbole to support the theme of assimilation.
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The author states that “Even during her pregnancy, she hadn’t missed a single class until the week before she gave birth,” and “It’s now or never” (p.44) this quote suggests her desperation to assimilate in the new environment by learning a new language. According to the text, Mr. Baek tells Han that “Your wife was baptized two months ago. Your son, too,” (p.79) and Ms. Koh tells Han that “she’s taken Jesus Christ as her personal savior” (p.73). These textual pieces of evidence mention that she changed her religion to show her fight against the regime by breaking ties with the system, and assimilate in another country where she can live with freedom. The main character in the book, Han, is always affected by the regime. He is a diplomat whereas he is still afraid of Dear Leader and he witnessed the treatment experienced by defectors. Whereas unaware the terror of the reign derives him against his own ideology because of his wife’s defection and his love for his family. The author uses hyperbole to indicate the effects on Han caused by Mrs. Han. According to the text,
The author states that “Even during her pregnancy, she hadn’t missed a single class until the week before she gave birth,” and “It’s now or never” (p.44) this quote suggests her desperation to assimilate in the new environment by learning a new language. According to the text, Mr. Baek tells Han that “Your wife was baptized two months ago. Your son, too,” (p.79) and Ms. Koh tells Han that “she’s taken Jesus Christ as her personal savior” (p.73). These textual pieces of evidence mention that she changed her religion to show her fight against the regime by breaking ties with the system, and assimilate in another country where she can live with freedom. The main character in the book, Han, is always affected by the regime. He is a diplomat whereas he is still afraid of Dear Leader and he witnessed the treatment experienced by defectors. Whereas unaware the terror of the reign derives him against his own ideology because of his wife’s defection and his love for his family. The author uses hyperbole to indicate the effects on Han caused by Mrs. Han. According to the text,