Clue #4

1. Who is a "character" in your life (a real-life person) you admire?why do admire this person?

I'm not sure if I admire anyone, but if I admire someone I think it would be my dad. There are a few reasons, but the main reason would be is his work ethic. My dad knows how to work, he knows that if he has to do his job he does it. I procrastinate a little while I work, but my dad would concentrated on his work. Another reason would be is that he likes children. When I was young, he always actively played with me unlike some other fathers. Those are things that I want to follow.

1.What specific clues can setting reveal about the theme of a short story?

Setting is one of most basic things in a story. So I think it is a great "clue" for a short story to reveal a theme. It may not control the whole story and characters, but it is a big influence to the story. For instance, you read old Korean folk stories, you can know that the theme is related to the setting that Korea was in that time. Like if the setting is Korea in the past, and talks about adults, the theme will come out as things like "respect your elders", since age is an important quality to people in Korea.


2.How does an author drop clues about characters and how their actions lead you to the theme of a story?

I think the author gives clues by using indirect characterization. Indirect characterization is showing the characters traits by their actions, thoughts, dialogues, and others. Giving clues to the charcter's traits. These traits can lead to even the theme. For example, in Harry Potter one of Harry's characterizations was love, and one of theme lead to "Love is a powerful thing".

3.What is the strongest setting you haver ever encountered in your own life?

I think that TCIS is one of the strongest setting in life. Because before I came to a TCIS, I was just a normal person going to school in Korea. Except the fact that I was lived in the US for more than half of my life. I just went to hagwon, didn't do any sports, and was just a shy guy. After I came here, I became more active, I started to play sports, becoming less shy, and having nice friends.I think that coming to TCIS, was giving me a chance to do things that I wanted to do. Like its hard to do sports while you want to concentrate on your academics in Korea, but in TCIS they gave us chances to participate, and he gave me a chance to know him better, from events like SEW.