“Your Paradise” by Ch’ŏngjum Yi Reading Summary The first four chapters of the book “Your Paradise” by Ch’ŏngjum Yi (pages from 5 to 72) introduce the island, where patients with leprosy are able to get their treatment, find a kind of shelter, and use the help offered. The story begins with an arrival of a new director of the leper colony, Colonel Cho Paeghŏn. He comes wearing the military form that makes some patients as well as workers treat him very cautiously and even feel uneasy. However, his
Bittersweet A symbol is a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract. A lot of authors use symbols in their writing to make the book more deep and interesting. Not only do authors do this, but artists too. That's one of the many reasons as to why I chose to do this project option. Also, symbolism is a strong way to demonstrate different themes. My drawing includes many themes that are shown through symbolical pictures. For example
predestined and one could do nothing to change it. This meant that a raider was not in any danger of death by going on a raid if that time was not predestined and that if you did happen to die in battle then you would go to Valhalla which was a form of paradise in the hereafter. Both of these beliefs encouraged raiding. Additionally, the widespread conversion of Scandinavia to Christianity coincides with the ending of raiding which suggests that Norse religion may have been a strong motivation to