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Cranes by Hwang Sunwŏn translated by Peter H. Lee

Cranes by Hwang Sunwŏn translated by Peter H. Lee. Feature Menu. Introducing the Story Literary Focus: Theme and Character Reading Skills: Making Inferences About Motivation. Cranes by Hwang Sunwŏn translated by Peter H. Lee. Cranes Introducing the Story.

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Cranes by Hwang Sunwŏn translated by Peter H. Lee

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  1. Cranesby Hwang Sunwŏn translated by Peter H. Lee Feature Menu Introducing the Story Literary Focus: Theme and Character Reading Skills: Making Inferences About Motivation

  2. Cranesby Hwang Sunwŏntranslated by Peter H. Lee

  3. CranesIntroducing the Story Which kind of loyalty comes first—loyalty to a friend or to duty? What would you do if you had to choose?

  4. CranesIntroducing the Story In “Cranes,” two childhood friends from a war-torn village in Korea meet as adults and find they are on opposite sides in the war. One is a prisoner; the other, his escort and guard. • The story follows the thoughts and memories of the main character as he walks with the prisoner. How will the main character treat his prisoner and old friend? [End of Section]

  5. CranesLiterary Focus: Theme and Character Reading a story is often like following a character on a journey. During the journey, characters may • face overwhelming obstacles • make heart-rending decisions • learn something about themselves, others, or life in general

  6. CranesLiterary Focus: Theme and Character What characters experience during their journey often reveals the theme of a work. What obstacles does the main character face? Theme:central idea of the story; a truth or insight about life or human behavior What decisions must the main character make? What does the main character learn?

  7. CranesLiterary Focus: Theme and Character Sŏngsam, the main character in “Cranes,” travels only a short distance on foot, but the journey he takes in his heart and mind is much greater.

  8. CranesLiterary Focus: Theme and Character Ask yourself the following questions as you read the story: • What does Sŏngsam remember and learn during his walk? • What theme does the writer convey? • How has the writer used the character’s experiences to communicate the theme? [End of Section]

  9. CranesReading Skills: Making Inferences about Motivation To understand characters fully, you need to determine their motivation, or the reasons for their behavior. • Writers don’t usually make direct statements about motivation, so you will need to make inferences, or educated guesses.

  10. InferencesAboutMotivation CranesReading Skills: Making Inferences about Motivation You can base your inferences on your own prior knowledge and on clues from the story. Prior Knowledge Based on personal experience and other stories you’ve read, what do you know about people and their motivation? Clues from the Story What do the characters do and say thatmight give insight into their motivations?

  11. CranesReading Skills: Making Inferences about Motivation As you read “Cranes,” think about why the main character • makes the decisions he makes • takes the actions he does [End of Section]

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