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Lee Geumyi이금이
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2020
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Description 작품 소개
On the first day of school, two girls meet in the same classroom. They are both eighth graders and have the same name, Yujin. Big Yujin remembers they went to the same preschool and is happy to see Little Yujin again, but Little Yujin says she never went to that preschool. They were both molested at the preschool, and Big Yujin thinks Little Yujin doesn’t want to be reminded of it. The truth is that Little Yujin has blotted out the experience from her memory; however, she suffers from the broken pieces of the repressed memory which she has buried away. Big Yujin, who believes she has overcome the painful memory, also suffers from its unexpected side-effects. Told in a narrative like a mystery novel, the story reveals detailed emotional descriptions of the painful truth buried in the two Yujins’ memories.
The story makes it clear that the parents of the two Yujins deal with their trauma differently. Big Yujin’s parents help their daughter to deal with it openly, but Little Yujin’s parents push it under the carpet as if it never happened. Given these different reactions and attitudes, the two girls grow up differently. The writer’s message is clear: when a child or a teen experiences sexual molestation or violence, the reaction of the adults around them plays a crucial role in the child’s overcoming the violence. When the adults react inappropriately, the child ends up blaming herself or himself and loses self- esteem.
The story presents the two main characters and their relationship not only at the time when the molestation takes place but also during its aftermath, and their experiences prompt readers—children, teens, and adults—to think about
how everyone has a painful experience or memory, how they carry it with them, and how they should deal with it. Although the book deals with a serious theme, the story is not dark or bleak. The story is full of playful and light-hearted moments of teens in school and their everyday life, expressed in the language of teens nowadays. At the same time, the story draws in readers to see how the memory of violence shapes the main characters’ lives and turns them upside down. As the story progresses, Big Yujin and Little Yujin begin to see each other as their other self, and “with the wings they have gained from their emotional wounds,” they decide to soar even if they might fall. And at the end of the story, readers are also empowered by Yujin and Yujin’s optimism, which is “sad, terrifying, and sweet” at the same time.
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