Gathering of pearls questions

Chapter 1: 

1. Getting married right out of high school or while in college was considered the norm for American women at that time. Women were encouraged to stay at home if the family could afford it. Women were supposed to fulfill certain roles, such as a caring mother, a diligent homemaker, and an obedient wife. 

Chapter 2: 

1. a. Pocket money: Little money for daily life. Parents always give pocket money to their children. b. honorific: Some special terms in Korean. Young people use honorific terms to older people to show the respects. 
2. Because Ellen’s outfits matched right down to her nail polish and earrings. 
3. The scholarship pays for her tuition, and room and board. 
4. She needs to work 15 hours a week in the college dining hall and get good grades in all courses and meet the social, moral, religious standards of the school. 
5. It means that they only pay their own things, pay separate. 
6. First, Sookan has to consider the financial problems, but Ellen doesn’t. Second, Sookan needs to spend much time on studying or working for her scholarship, but Ellen doesn’t. Third, Ellen cares about her look or color coordination, but Sookan does not care. Ellen has many friends and they talk to each other really free, but Sookan doesn’t. Sookan is shier than Ellen, her English is not really well. She was also influenced by Korean culture for a long run, so she has a different thinking way from American. Ellen is a native speaker, so she doesn't worry about the language. Also, she grows in a free environment, that is different from Korea. 

Chapter 3: 

1. She signed up for world literature, world religious, Greek and Roman culture and early Europe history. The most difficult one is Europe history. 
2. Marci is Sookan’s schoolmate who lived in a single room across the hall from Ellen and me. First, she reminded Sookan to go for lunch in the classroom. She is too shy to talk to Sookan, she was just staring Sookan. When Sookan’s eyes met hers, she looked away. Marci is a shy girl, and she is always alone. she wants to make friends and be popular, but she doesn't know what to say. She is a warm-hearted and careful girl, she keeps an eye on Sookan. She noticed that Sookan always missed lunch, so she asked Sookan. She also wanted to take Sookan’s books back for her, because she noticed that the books were heavy. She knew Sookan did not eat lunch, so she bought her a sandwich. 
3. The job is baby-sitting. 
4. Sookan is proud of her sister and she think she must obey her sister. She wants to get praise from her sister. In her opinion, her sister is like her mother. She does not really want to tell her sister her secret, but she felt guilty about not obeying her sister. 

Chapter 4: 

1. Melancholy means sad and moved. 
2. First, she might be homesick. Second, she feels her mother’s love from the letter. she feels guilty that she could not be with her mother and care for her. She had no daughters at home. Third, she feels bad because she lets her family worry about her. She feels ashamed that she cannot be there and help her mother through her hardships. Besides, Sookan is melancholy, because her mother thinks she is not a good mother, and Sookan thinks she makes her mother feel guilty. Fifth, her mother mentioned a lot of things about home, such as the ducks and the sweater. These things make Sookan feel melancholy, because these things are really normal, if Sookan is at home. However, she is not here. Although these things are normal, she could not see and touch them. This makes her sad. 
3. She is a tough woman, and she never complained about her hardships. She does not want her children to worry about her. Second, she is a good mother, she loves her children. She never talks of filial duty,of the obligation children had to their elders and their ancestors. She loves her children. She hates imposing her children. These things make her different from other mothers in Korea. Also, as a mother, she trusted and her children. She believes Sookan can succeed in America. 

Chapter 5: 

1. Yes, she enjoys baby-sitting. She enjoys playing with children. They have fun together. It makes her uneasy to know that she is being paid for being with them. She does lots of things for Jimmy and Sarah, such as reading books for them and playing with them outside. Also, children do something for Sookan, such as correcting her pronunciation and picking flowers for her. They like each other. 
2. In America, both women and men do housework. While baby-sitting, she saw Mr. Bennet cooking. However, in Korea, cooking is women’s job. Men never cook, and even enter a kitchen. Women never seemed happier than when they watched men gobble up all the food they had spent the day preparing in Korea. 
3. Yes, I would do, because I am glad to spend time with children. I like kids, especially when they smile. I think Sookan did them because she likes the kids, and she likes Mr. Bennet. She thinks that is her duty, because babysitting neighbor’s children is free in Korea. She appreciates that she can get paid for this job. In her opinion, this is not hard, so she must do that.