56 pages • 1 hour read
Adam JohnsonThe Orphan Master's Son
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
1.
Why doesn’t Jun Do defect from North Korea when he has a chance, after the kidnapping of Rumina? Why does he instead decide to capture Gil and return to North Korea with him?
2.
Names are very important in this book. Discuss the significance of the names of three major characters who have been “renamed”.
3.
How are Wanda’s ideas of freedom different from Jun Do’s idea of freedom? How could you characterize freedom in the North Korea depicted in the book?
