LTEA 142 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Kisaeng, Kyongsong County, Yangban
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Yi hyong-sik: teaches the 2pm fourth-year english class at the kyongsong school. Is a private tutor to teach son-hyo(cid:374)g, elder ki(cid:373)"s daughter for a(cid:374) hour e(cid:448)ery day. She is going to study in the u. s. next year. Hyong-sik was single, had never socialized with women other than his female relatives. Did(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e the po(cid:449)er of (cid:373)o(cid:374)ey (cid:374)or k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge. Had nothing to attract the beautiful woman. He taught sun-ae too (son-hyo(cid:374)g"s best frie(cid:374)d, she has no home and no parents) A gisaeng comes to visit hyong sik, and she is from his childhood. Hyong sik was also an orphan and was under the care of scholar pak, whose daughter is yong chae. Everyone around him went to jail because hong decided to steal something and murder a wealthy man. The world for which he had wept did not think about him anymore, but rather, oppressed and abused his only living flesh and blood.
