LP+KWI

** Interview Questions: **
1. Where were you born and where were you living right before the war? 2. Explain the life before the war. 3. How old were you during the war? 4. What was your first reaction when the war began? 5. How did other people react? 6. Did any of your family members separate? What happened? 7. Where were you during the war? Did you have to leave your home? 8. Explain your life during the war. 9. What did the government tell the refugees/civilians? 10. What did you and your family do during the hideout? 11. How did your parents manage to feed/take care of you? 12. Tell me an event that happened during the war that you will never forget. 13. How much did your life change after the war? 14. How much and what did you/your family lose? 15. How did people think of McArthur? 16. What is your opinion of North Korea?

**Video #1 **
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**Video #2 **
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**Video #3 **
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Interview Summary - Podcast:
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**Analysis Questions: **
1) How does your interviewee's testimony fit in with what you have learned about the experience of civilians? My interviewee's testimony fit in perfectly with what I have learned about the experience of civilians. My interviewee, grandma, and her family thought that the evacuation to the south was only going to be for awhile. Thus, family members did not even say good-bye to each other seriously when they left. Who knew that it would be their last time seeing each other? Also, my grandma's story of life during the war kept on reminding me of the book we read in class about Hongyong's point of view. For am example, my grandma's dad, brother, and uncle leaving to hide in the mountains were very similar to Hongyong's husband and son hiding. Even other thanthis, there are a lot more experiences for both, my interviewee and the civilians we have studied about, overlapping.

2) Using your background knowledge try to contextualize their testimony. How do you think major events of the war affected their life at the time? At the time, probably keeping her family alive and cooperative was probably the hardest thing for my grandma since she was the oldest child. A major event such as the tremendous amount of bombs getting dropped and landing on her house probably had the biggest affect in her life. That was when the family finally decided to all leave Kyesung. They could not help staying there because things were too hopeless. Because of this huge loss, the family had no where to stay and nothing to eat. Not only that, they had no money to buy things with. Thus, even when my grandma and her family safely got to South Korea, for years and years, they had to work so hard as if they just landed in another country with no one to help them.

3) Hypothesize or explain how your interviewee was able to stay out of danger. My interviewee was able to stay out of danger through many people's help. I forgot to mention this in the podcast, but in the video, my grandma says that one time, her dad got arrested and taken by the North Korean government. If he stayed there, he probably got shot and died, but there, he met a neighbor that he knew and always did good things for. Thus, the neighbor snuck him out of the prison and let him be free. If my grandma's dad had passed away, my grandma probably could not have gotten all the way to South Korea because she was only 11 years old and she had many siblinbs younger than her. Thankly, he did not pass away, and that helped my grandma to come this far.

Essay:
Before interviewing my grandmother, I had almost forgotten that she lived during a war. The word, “war” seems so distant. It feels as if people that have been through wars are aliens. However, North Korea and South Korea are only in a break right now. The war may continue in any time. Thus, I believe that I have a duty to know a lot about the Korean War. This interview was very significant because it was my first time, actually talking about a war with a person that has been through it. There are many adults that are immature. My grandma is very mature though, due to the hardships that she went through during the Korean War. She was only 11 years old when the War started. 11 year olds do not know much. They have idea of how bad and awful wars are. She was also the oldest child in the family so she had to be a leader that her younger siblings had to look up to. Many times she was scared, but she could not show her feelings because she was afraid that her little sisters and brothers might see. Although she could not really show her feelings to her family members, she explained to me how scary everything was though. She barely saw the sunlight sometimes because there were constant attacks and fights in the city. Everything was life-threatening. No one was credible. People were willing to do anything, even killing others, if they could get food or saved from dying. Many of the things that my interviewee, grandma, told me were very similar to what we have studied in class. I guess all families were helpless since the government had no mercy on them. However, hearing the stories during the war directly from my grandmother made me realize how scary wars are and how realistic they are once again. By doing interviews such as this would definitely help new generations learn about the war better. It certainly helped me a lot. Day by day, history gets buried in the present world. It is unfair to our numerous ancestors that basically have led Korea this far. Learning about the history, and wars especially should never stop.